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<i>Echinococcus multilocularis</i>in Urban Coyotes, Alberta, Canada

Stefano Catalano, Manigandan Lejeune, Stefano Liccioli, Guilherme G. Verocai, Karen Gesy, Emily Jenkins, Susan Kutz, Carmen Fuentealba, Pádraig J. Duignan, Alessandro Massolo

Emerging infectious diseases · 2012 · 68 citations · 8 references

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Echinococcus multilocularis is a zoonotic parasite in wild canids. We determined its frequency in urban coyotes (Canis latrans) in Alberta, Canada. We detected E. multilocularis in 23 of 91 coyotes in this region. This parasite is a public health concern throughout the Northern Hemisphere, partly because of increased urbanization of wild canids.

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