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Taenia crassiceps Cysticercosis in a Wild Muskrat and a Domestic Dog in the Northeastern United States
Taenia crassiceps is a parasite of wild canids and dogs that serve as definite hosts, harboring the adult cestode, whereas rodents are the intermediate hosts in which the metacestode/cysticercus/larval stage occurs. Fecal-oral transmission ensures the parasite’s lifecycle. At times, dogs and humans...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9966494/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36839476 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12020204 |
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author | Zhang, Yufei Abdu, Amira Wu, Timothy Forzán, María J. Hammer, Kimberly Lejeune, Manigandan |
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description | Taenia crassiceps is a parasite of wild canids and dogs that serve as definite hosts, harboring the adult cestode, whereas rodents are the intermediate hosts in which the metacestode/cysticercus/larval stage occurs. Fecal-oral transmission ensures the parasite’s lifecycle. At times, dogs and humans act as accidental intermediate hosts. Despite the public health concern this parasite warrants, its epidemiology remains unclear. In this report, we document the occurrence of metacestodes of T. crassiceps in a muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) and a domestic dog from the northeastern United States, a development that necessitates increased awareness and surveillance to tackle this disease of “one health” significance. Taenia crassiceps cysticercosis was confirmed in an adult male muskrat in February 2018 and in a 4-year-old female spayed Staffordshire Bull Terrier in December 2020. Parasitological and histopathologic examination of both cases revealed cysticerci with the characteristic rostellar hook morphology that aided in Taenia species identification. In the muskrat case specifically, partial sequencing of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase gene confirmed the species identity as T. crassiceps. We report T. crassiceps occurrence in a muskrat in New York State for the first time and document a case presentation in a domestic dog from New Jersey that was infected with metacestode stages of this parasite. Given the detection of this parasite in the northeastern United States, T. crassiceps infection, which otherwise is considered a rare disease, should be on the radar of veterinary, medical and wildlife biologists for timely diagnosis and interventions. |
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spelling | pubmed-99664942023-02-26 Taenia crassiceps Cysticercosis in a Wild Muskrat and a Domestic Dog in the Northeastern United States Zhang, Yufei Abdu, Amira Wu, Timothy Forzán, María J. Hammer, Kimberly Lejeune, Manigandan Pathogens Case Report Taenia crassiceps is a parasite of wild canids and dogs that serve as definite hosts, harboring the adult cestode, whereas rodents are the intermediate hosts in which the metacestode/cysticercus/larval stage occurs. Fecal-oral transmission ensures the parasite’s lifecycle. At times, dogs and humans act as accidental intermediate hosts. Despite the public health concern this parasite warrants, its epidemiology remains unclear. In this report, we document the occurrence of metacestodes of T. crassiceps in a muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) and a domestic dog from the northeastern United States, a development that necessitates increased awareness and surveillance to tackle this disease of “one health” significance. Taenia crassiceps cysticercosis was confirmed in an adult male muskrat in February 2018 and in a 4-year-old female spayed Staffordshire Bull Terrier in December 2020. Parasitological and histopathologic examination of both cases revealed cysticerci with the characteristic rostellar hook morphology that aided in Taenia species identification. In the muskrat case specifically, partial sequencing of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase gene confirmed the species identity as T. crassiceps. We report T. crassiceps occurrence in a muskrat in New York State for the first time and document a case presentation in a domestic dog from New Jersey that was infected with metacestode stages of this parasite. Given the detection of this parasite in the northeastern United States, T. crassiceps infection, which otherwise is considered a rare disease, should be on the radar of veterinary, medical and wildlife biologists for timely diagnosis and interventions. MDPI 2023-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9966494/ /pubmed/36839476 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12020204 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Zhang, Yufei Abdu, Amira Wu, Timothy Forzán, María J. Hammer, Kimberly Lejeune, Manigandan Taenia crassiceps Cysticercosis in a Wild Muskrat and a Domestic Dog in the Northeastern United States |
title | Taenia crassiceps Cysticercosis in a Wild Muskrat and a Domestic Dog in the Northeastern United States |
title_full | Taenia crassiceps Cysticercosis in a Wild Muskrat and a Domestic Dog in the Northeastern United States |
title_fullStr | Taenia crassiceps Cysticercosis in a Wild Muskrat and a Domestic Dog in the Northeastern United States |
title_full_unstemmed | Taenia crassiceps Cysticercosis in a Wild Muskrat and a Domestic Dog in the Northeastern United States |
title_short | Taenia crassiceps Cysticercosis in a Wild Muskrat and a Domestic Dog in the Northeastern United States |
title_sort | taenia crassiceps cysticercosis in a wild muskrat and a domestic dog in the northeastern united states |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9966494/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36839476 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12020204 |
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