%0 Journal Article %1 tappe_echinococcus_2007 %A Tappe, Dennis %A Brehm, Klaus %A Frosch, Matthias %A Blankenburg, Anja %A Schrod, Annette %A Kaup, Franz-Josef %A Mätz-Rensing, Kerstin %D 2007 %J The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene %K Animals, Cercopithecidae, Disease Diseases Echinococcosis, Echinococcus Female, Male, Monkey Outbreaks, ag_brehm multilocularis, %N 3 %P 504--506 %T Echinococcus multilocularis infection of several Old World monkey species in a breeding enclosure %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17827368 %V 77 %X Echinococcus multilocularis, the causative agent of alveolar echinococcosis, is spreading geographically in Europe, and prevalence rates in foxes, the final host, are increasing. Concomitantly, the rate of newly diagnosed human infections has already doubled in Germany. We report a cluster of alveolar echinococcosis in 24 animals of different Old World monkey species (15 cynomolgus monkeys, 5 rhesus monkeys, and 4 lion-tailed macaques) in northern Germany. The cluster described is the largest ever recorded in a single center. Cynomolgus monkeys were very susceptible and constituted the monkey species at highest risk, indicating that this species could act as a sentinel animal for the transmission of alveolar echinococcosis in zoological gardens or similar institutions.

@article{tappe_echinococcus_2007, abstract = {Echinococcus multilocularis, the causative agent of alveolar echinococcosis, is spreading geographically in Europe, and prevalence rates in foxes, the final host, are increasing. Concomitantly, the rate of newly diagnosed human infections has already doubled in Germany. We report a cluster of alveolar echinococcosis in 24 animals of different Old World monkey species (15 cynomolgus monkeys, 5 rhesus monkeys, and 4 lion-tailed macaques) in northern Germany. The cluster described is the largest ever recorded in a single center. Cynomolgus monkeys were very susceptible and constituted the monkey species at highest risk, indicating that this species could act as a sentinel animal for the transmission of alveolar echinococcosis in zoological gardens or similar institutions.}, added-at = {2011-04-07T15:44:20.000+0200}, author = {Tappe, Dennis and Brehm, Klaus and Frosch, Matthias and Blankenburg, Anja and Schrod, Annette and Kaup, {Franz-Josef} and {Mätz-Rensing}, Kerstin}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/22f03894de3e0ca130064752f4640b5fe/hymi}, interhash = {123a0b08e726125c440947c2f9cd84aa}, intrahash = {2f03894de3e0ca130064752f4640b5fe}, issn = {0002-9637}, journal = {The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene}, keywords = {Animals, Cercopithecidae, Disease Diseases Echinococcosis, Echinococcus Female, Male, Monkey Outbreaks, ag_brehm multilocularis,}, month = sep, note = {{PMID:} 17827368}, number = 3, pages = {504--506}, timestamp = {2011-04-07T16:35:57.000+0200}, title = {Echinococcus multilocularis infection of several Old World monkey species in a breeding enclosure}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17827368}, volume = 77, year = 2007 }