A highly endemic area of Echinococcus multilocularis identified through a comparative re-assessment of prevalence in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), Alto Adige (Italy: 2019–2020)

Federica Obber; Roberto Celva; Graziana Da Rold; Karin Trevisiol; Silvia Ravagnan; Patrizia Danesi; Lucia Cenni; Chiara Rossi; Paola Bonato; Katia Capello; Heidi C. Hauffe; Alessandro Massolo; Rudi Cassini; Valentina Benvenuti; Andreas Agreiter; Davide Righetti; Marco Ianniello; Debora Dellamaria; Gioia Capelli; Carlo V. Citterio

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0268045

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A highly endemic area of Echinococcus multilocularis identified through a comparative re-assessment of prevalence in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), Alto Adige (Italy: 2019–2020)

Federica Obber ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Federica Obber, Roberto Celva

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: fobber@izsvenezie.it

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-7880

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Roberto Celva ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Federica Obber, Roberto Celva

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0071-0371

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Graziana Da Rold,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4935-0349

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Karin Trevisiol,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy
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Silvia Ravagnan,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy
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Patrizia Danesi,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy
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Lucia Cenni,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation

Affiliations Conservation Genomics Research Unit, Centre for Research and Innovation, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele All’Adige, Italy, Ethology Unit, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Chiara Rossi,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Conservation Genomics Research Unit, Centre for Research and Innovation, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele All’Adige, Italy
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Paola Bonato,

Roles Visualization

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1389-3261

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Katia Capello,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy
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Heidi C. Hauffe,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Conservation Genomics Research Unit, Centre for Research and Innovation, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele All’Adige, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3098-8964

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Alessandro Massolo,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ethology Unit, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Rudi Cassini,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health (MAPS), University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5529-2854

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Valentina Benvenuti,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health (MAPS), University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy
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Andreas Agreiter,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Wildlife Management Office, Province of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
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Davide Righetti,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Wildlife Management Office, Province of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
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Marco Ianniello,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Directorate General for Animal Health and Veterinary Drugs, Rome, Italy
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Debora Dellamaria,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy
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Gioia Capelli,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy
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Carlo V. Citterio

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4482-1295

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A highly endemic area of Echinococcus multilocularis identified through a comparative re-assessment of prevalence in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), Alto Adige (Italy: 2019–2020)

Federica Obber,
Roberto Celva,
Graziana Da Rold,
Karin Trevisiol,
Silvia Ravagnan,
Patrizia Danesi,
Lucia Cenni,
Chiara Rossi,
Paola Bonato,
Katia Capello

Published: May 5, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268045
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