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SUBMITTER: Fukumoto SI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5709565 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fukumoto Shin-Ichiro SI Yamada Seitaro S Fushikida Manato M Toyada Shotaro S Nishikawa Tomotaka T Higuchi Hidetoshi H Ueno Hiroshi H Ueda Hiromi H Sugiyama Hiromu H Morishima Yasuyuki Y
The Journal of veterinary medical science 20171011 11
Natural infection with larval Echinococcus multilocularis was recognized in one of eight Norway rats, Rattus norvegicus, caught indoors in 2009 in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, northern Japan. Cystic lesions were found in the right median and lateral lobes of the liver, with numerous alveolar cysts in the periphery of the lesions. Protoscolices were formed within large cysts. The laminated layers of the cysts were positive for PAS staining. Nested PCR using the primers specific for Taenia mitochondrial 12S ...[more]