Echinococcosis -- Canada
A parasitic tapeworm called _Echinococcus multilocularis_ that can cause fatal tumours in humans is now very common in wildlife in Western Canada, scientists say.
_E. multilocularis_ is passed from wild canines to humans, and many cases of the parasitic infection could be going undetected, warns an infectious disease specialist.
"Alberta is clearly the hot spot," said Stan Houston, a University of Alberta professor in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and lead author of a new study
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8466684&promed&0
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