Hunting Poses Only a Low Risk for Alveolar Echinococcosis

Hunting Poses Only a Low Risk for Alveolar Echinococcosis

The Austrian province of Tyrol belongs to the areas where the alveolar echinococcosis (AE) caused by the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis (E. multilocularis) is highly endemic. In Central Europe and since 2011 in Austria, a growing incidence of human cases of AE has been observed, presumably...

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Main Authors: Monika Wetscher, Klaus Hackländer, Viktoria Faber, Ninon Taylor, Herbert Auer, Georg G. Duscher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
Echinococcus multilocularis
active hunters
serological screening
risk factor
Austria
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00007/full

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