Long-term retrospective assessment of a transmission hotspot for human alveolar echinococcosis in mid-west China.

<h4>Background</h4>Human alveolar echinococcosis caused by infection with Echinococcus multilocularis is one of the most potentially pathogenic helminthic zoonoses. Transmission occurs involving wildlife cycles typically between fox and small mammal intermediate hosts. In the late 1980s/...

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Main Authors: Patrick Giraudoux, YuMin Zhao, Eve Afonso, HongBin Yan, Jenny Knapp, Michael T Rogan, DaZhong Shi, WanZhong Jia, Philip S Craig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-08-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007701