| Literature DB >> 15862582 |
Ning Xiao1, Jiamin Qiu, Minoru Nakao, Tiaoying Li, Wen Yang, Xingwang Chen, Peter M Schantz, Philip S Craig, Akira Ito.
Abstract
The taeniid cestode Echinococcus shiquicus n. sp. was found from the Tibetan fox Vulpes ferrilata and the plateau pika Ochotona curzoniae in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau region of China. In the adult stage, E. shiquicus from the foxes is morphologically similar to Echinococcus multilocularis. However, the new species is differentiated by its smaller rostellar hooks, fewer segments, distinct position of genital pore in the mature segment and fewer eggs in the gravid segment. Hydatid cysts of E. shiquicus found in the livers from the pikas were essentially unilocular but an oligovesicular cyst was also found. The data of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences proved E. shiquicus to be a valid taxon.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 15862582 DOI： 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.01.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Parasitol ISSN： 0020-7519 Impact factor: 3.981