The Molecular Epidemiology of <i>Echinococcus</i> Infections
Molecular epidemiology (ME) is the application of molecular tools to determine the causation of disease. With infectious diseases, such as echinococcosis, this applies to identifying and characterising the aetiological agents and elucidating host range. Such an approach has been very successful with...
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| description | Molecular epidemiology (ME) is the application of molecular tools to determine the causation of disease. With infectious diseases, such as echinococcosis, this applies to identifying and characterising the aetiological agents and elucidating host range. Such an approach has been very successful with the causative agents of echinococcosis, species of <i>Echinococcus</i>, initially by providing a workable and practical taxonomy and subsequently determining transmission patterns in endemic areas. This review summarises the taxonomy and nomenclature of species of <i>Echinococcus</i> and provides an update on ME investigations of the ecology of <i>Echinococcus</i> transmission, particularly in areas where more than one species of <i>Echinococcus</i> is maintained in cycles of transmission that may interact. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f24d7a0dd44d43979755c9e65ac4ee182023-11-20T03:13:29ZengMDPI AGPathogens2076-08172020-06-019645310.3390/pathogens9060453The Molecular Epidemiology of <i>Echinococcus</i> InfectionsR. C. Andrew Thompson0School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, AustraliaMolecular epidemiology (ME) is the application of molecular tools to determine the causation of disease. With infectious diseases, such as echinococcosis, this applies to identifying and characterising the aetiological agents and elucidating host range. Such an approach has been very successful with the causative agents of echinococcosis, species of <i>Echinococcus</i>, initially by providing a workable and practical taxonomy and subsequently determining transmission patterns in endemic areas. This review summarises the taxonomy and nomenclature of species of <i>Echinococcus</i> and provides an update on ME investigations of the ecology of <i>Echinococcus</i> transmission, particularly in areas where more than one species of <i>Echinococcus</i> is maintained in cycles of transmission that may interact.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/9/6/453<i>Echinococcus</i>taxonomymolecular epidemiology |
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| title | The Molecular Epidemiology of <i>Echinococcus</i> Infections |
| title_full | The Molecular Epidemiology of <i>Echinococcus</i> Infections |
| title_fullStr | The Molecular Epidemiology of <i>Echinococcus</i> Infections |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Molecular Epidemiology of <i>Echinococcus</i> Infections |
| title_short | The Molecular Epidemiology of <i>Echinococcus</i> Infections |
| title_sort | molecular epidemiology of i echinococcus i infections |
| topic | <i>Echinococcus</i> taxonomy molecular epidemiology |
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