| frequency distribution of echinococcus multilocularis and other helminths of foxes in kyrgyzstan. | echinococcosis is a major emerging zoonosis in central asia. a study of the helminth fauna of foxes from naryn oblast in central kyrgyzstan was undertaken to investigate the abundance of echinococcus multilocularis in a district where a high prevalence of this parasite had previously been detected in dogs. a total of 151 foxes (vulpes vulpes) were investigated in a necropsy study. of these 96 (64%) were infected with e. multilocularis with a mean abundance of 8669 parasites per fox. this indicat ... | 2010 | 20434845 |