Human Alveolar Echinococcosis after Fox Population Increase, Switzerland

Human Alveolar Echinococcosis after Fox Population Increase, Switzerland

We analyzed databases spanning 50 years, which included retrospective alveolar echinococcosis (AE) case-finding studies and databases of the 3 major centers for treatment of AE in Switzerland. A total of 494 cases were recorded. Annual incidence of AE per 100,000 population increased from 0.12– 0.15...

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Main Authors: Alexander Schweiger, Rudolf W. Ammann, Daniel Candinas, Pierre-Alain Clavien, Johannes Eckert, Bruno Gottstein, Nerman Halkic, Beat Muellhaupt, Bettina Mareike Prinz, Juerg Reichen, Philip E. Tarr, Paul R. Torgerson, Peter Deplazes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Alveolar echinococcosis
Echinococcus multilocularis
epidemiology
fox (Vulpes vulpes)
zoonosis
incidence
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/6/06-1074_article

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