Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2014)

Echinococcus ortleppi Infections in Humans and Cattle, France

  • Frédéric Grenouillet,
  • Gérald Umhang,
  • Francine Arbez-Gindre,
  • Georges Mantion,
  • Eric Delabrousse,
  • Laurence Millon,
  • Franck Boué

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2012.140641
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 12
pp. 2100 – 2102

Abstract

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In 2011 and 2012, liver infections caused by Echinococcus ortleppi tapeworms were diagnosed in 2 humans in France. In 2012, a nationwide slaughterhouse survey identified 7 E. ortleppi infections in cattle. The foci for these infections were spatially distinct. The prevalence of E. ortleppi infections in France may be underestimated.

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