Spatiotemporal distribution of four species of cestodes in a Fandscape of mid-altitude mountains (Jura, France)

Author： Le Pesteur M. H. Giraudoux P. Delattre P. Damange J. P. Quéré J. P.

E-ISSN： 0003-4150|67|5|155-160

ISSN： 0003-4150

Source： Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparé, Vol.67, Iss.5, 2016-08, pp. : 155-160

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Abstract

In eastern France (Jura mountains), from 1985 to 1986 the prevalences of Taenia taeniaeformis, Taenia mustelae, Cladotaenia sp., were studied in rodents from an area of about 1,000 ha. Gradients of prevalence were observed according to habitats and time. Open habitat/close habitat gradients were observed, decreasing for Taenia taeniaeformis, increasing for Taenia mustelae and Cladotaenia sp. The prevalence of cestodes varied according to time, at the interannual level for Taenia mustelae, and at the seasonal level for Taenia mustelae and Cladotaenia sp., the spring and summer phase of the cycle being critical for the transmission. Results are compared with those obtained on Echinococcus multilocularis, in the same study area.