Monitoring of environmental contamination by Echinococcus multilocularis in an urban fringe forest park in Hokkaido Japan

摘要

ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis environmental contamination in an urban fringe—the Nopporo forest park of Sapporo city, Hokkaido, Japan. A secondary aim was to determine possible transmission risks areas by associating percentage occurrence of E. multilocularis-positive faeces with the different land-use classes.