Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Echinococcus multilocularis in Urban Coyotes, Alberta, Canada

Stefano Catalano¹, Manigandan Lejeune¹, Stefano Liccioli, Guilherme G. Verocai, Karen M. Gesy, Emily J. Jenkins, Susan J. Kutz, Carmen Fuentealba, Padraig J. Duignan, and Alessandro Massolo

Author affiliations: University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (S. Catalano, M. Lejeune, S. Liccioli, G.G. Verocai, S.J. Kutz, P.J. Duignan, A. Massolo); University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (K.M. Gesy, E.J. Jenkins); and Ross University, Basseterre, Saint Kitts, Saint Kitts, and Nevis (C. Fuentealba)

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Figure 2

Differential interference contrast micrograph of a representative Echinococcus multilocularis isolate from a coyote carcass in Alberta, Canada, October 2009–July 2011. The parasite was 2,059.72 μm long, as measured by using an Olympus BX53 microscope and software (http://microscope.olympus-global.com/en/ga/product/bx53/sf04.cfm). Scale bar = 200 μm.

Figure 2. . . . Differential interference contrast micrograph of a representative Echinococcus multilocularis isolate from a coyote carcass in Alberta, Canada, October 2009–July 2011. The parasite was 2,059.72 μm long, as measured by using an Olympus BX53 microscope and software (http://microscope.olympus-global.com/en/ga/product/bx53/sf04.cfm). Scale bar = 200 μm.

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¹These authors contributed equally to this article.

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