Tappe Dennis, Brehm Klaus, Frosch Matthias, Blankenburg Anja, Schrod Annette, Kaup Franz-Josef, Mätz-Rensing Kerstin
Consiliary Laboratory for Echinococcosis, Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Germany.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Sep;77(3):504-6.
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.
多房棘球绦虫是肺泡型棘球蚴病的病原体，正在欧洲范围内扩散，其终末宿主狐狸的感染率也在上升。与此同时，德国新诊断出的人类感染率已经翻了一番。我们报告了德国北部24只不同种类旧世界猴（15只食蟹猴、5只恒河猴和4只狮尾猕猴）发生的肺泡型棘球蚴病聚集性病例。所描述的这一聚集性病例是单一中心有记录以来最大的。食蟹猴非常易感，是风险最高的猴种，表明该物种可能作为动物园或类似机构中肺泡型棘球蚴病传播的哨兵动物。
