Dog Ownership and Risk for Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany

Dog Ownership and Risk for Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany

Human alveolar echinococcosis is caused by the parasite Echinococcus multilocularis, and dog ownership has been identified as a risk factor. We sought to specify the factors of dog ownership underlying this risk by conducting a case–control study among dog owners in Germany. The analysis revealed a...

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Main Authors: Julian Schmidberger, Janne Uhlenbruck, Patrycja Schlingeloff, Pavlo Maksimov, Franz J. Conraths, Benjamin Mayer, Wolfgang Kratzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Alveolar echinococcosis
Echinococcus multilocularis
risk factor
dog ownership
case-control study
tapeworm
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/8/21-2514_article

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