Volume 13, Number 2—February 2007
Letter
Echinococcosis Risk among Domestic Definitive Hosts, Japan
Masao Kamiya*
, Jose Trinipil Lagapa*†‡, Sumiya Gansorig§, Fumiyo Kobayashi§, Nariaki Nonaka‡, and Yuzaburo Oku‡
, Jose Trinipil Lagapa*†‡, Sumiya Gansorig§, Fumiyo Kobayashi§, Nariaki Nonaka‡, and Yuzaburo Oku‡Table
Prevalence of echinococcosis in definitive hosts subjected to fecal egg examination, ELISA coproantigen test, and PCR copro-DNA detection, Japan
| Species | No. samples | Positive samples (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egg examination | ELISA | PCR | ||
| Dogs | 1,460 | 3 (0.20) | 6 (0.41) | 4 (0.27) |
| Cats | 128 | 4 (3.12) | 1 (0.78) | ND* |
| Total | 1,588 | 7 (0.44) | 7 (0.44) | – |
*ND, not done.
