TY - JOUR AU - Lee, Laura AU - Wallace, Roberta AU - Clyde, Victoria AU - Gendron-Fitzpatrick, Annette AU - Sibley, Samuel AU - Stuchin, Margot AU - Lauck, Michael AU - O’Connor, David AU - Nakao, Minoru AU - Lavikainen, Antti AU - Hoberg, Eric AU - Goldberg, Tony T1 - Definitive Hosts of Versteria Tapeworms (Cestoda: Taeniidae) Causing Fatal Infection in North America T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 4 SP - 707 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We previously reported fatal infection of a captive Bornean orangutan with metacestodes of a novel taeniid tapeworm, Versteria sp. New data implicate mustelids as definitive hosts of these tapeworms in North America. At least 2 parasite genetic lineages circulate in North America, representing separate introductions from Eurasia. KW - Cestoda KW - Taeniidae KW - Versteria KW - metacestode KW - Mustelidae KW - ermine KW - Mustela ermine KW - mink KW - Neovison vison KW - North America KW - host KW - fatal infection KW - tapeworm KW - parasites DO - 10.3201/eid2204.151446 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/4/15-1446_article ER - End of Reference