| echinococcus multlocularis infections of rural, residential and urban foxes (vulpes vulpes) in the canton of geneva, switzerland. | we examined 267 red foxes (vulpes vulpes) from the canton of geneva, switzerland, for intestinal infections with echinococcus multilocularis. this region is situated in the core area of the endemic range of this zoonotic cestode in central europe. several factors were taken into account and urbanisation level appeared to be the most explicative to describe observed differences. the prevalence decreased significantly from rural and residential areas (prevalence of 52%, ci 43-62%, and 49%, ci 38-5 ... | 2005 | 16402566 |
| influence of urbanization on the epidemiology of intestinal helminths of the red fox (vulpes vulpes) in geneva, switzerland. | dixenous helminths that depend on rodent intermediate hosts are supposed to be negatively affected by urbanization due to lower supply of rodents in urbanized environments. prevalence rates of dixenous, non-strictly monoxenous, and monoxenous helminths in 228 red foxes (vulpes vulpes) along a gradient of increasing urbanization were assessed by morphological parasite identification in the city of geneva, switzerland. multivariate analyses for the five most prevalent helminth species or genera re ... | 2007 | 17393184 |
| rodents as shared indicators for zoonotic parasites of carnivores in urban environments. | rodents are shared intermediate or paratenic hosts for echinococcus multilocularis, toxocara spp. and toxoplasma gondii, and may serve as valuable indicators for assessing the occurrence and the level of environmental contamination and infection pressure with free-living stages of these zoonotic parasites. we investigated 658 non-commensal rodents for parasite infections in the canton of geneva, switzerland. the prevalence of infection with e. multilocularis was highest in arvicola terrestris ca ... | 2009 | 19154652 |