| infection of red foxes with echinococcus multilocularis in western switzerland. | in the jura mountains, plateau and alps of western switzerland important variations in the prevalence of echinococcus multilocularis infection in red foxes were observed between geographical areas from 1990 to 1995. the jura mountains and the plateau had higher mean prevalence levels than the alps with 30.6, 32.4 and 18.8%, respectively. the highest rate was recorded in the plateau in the canton of fribourg with a prevalence of 52.3%. the prevalence of e. multilocularis infection in foxes in the ... | 2007 | 18039414 |
| [infestation of water voles (arvicola terrestris) with metacestodes of echinococcus multilocularis in the canton freiburg (switzerland)]. | the results of an investigation on echinococcus multilocularis-metacestodes in european water voles (arvicola terrestris) are shown. the investigation materials were 28 water voles captured in schermann-traps on a meadow in the canton of fribourg and subsequently maintained in laboratory cages. the animals were patho-anatomically and histo-pathologically examined, a part of them additionally with an e. multilocularis-specific direct immunofluorescence-assay and/or a polymerase-chain-reaction. ra ... | 1997 | 9381111 |
| investigations on a swiss area highly endemic for echinococcus multilocularis. | anecdotal information suggested that a focus of hyperendemicity may be present in a small area of the canton of fribourg in switzerland. therefore, the prevalence of e. multilocularis was assessed both in the fox and the rodent population over a two-season-period. a high prevalence ranging between 47% and 56% was consistently determined in the fox population. an arvicola terrestris population was infected at 39% in the first season of investigation and at 11% in the following season. a subsequen ... | 1996 | 8688861 |