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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| author | Julian Schmidberger Janne Uhlenbruck Patrycja Schlingeloff Pavlo Maksimov Franz J. Conraths Benjamin Mayer Wolfgang Kratzer |
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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 an increased odds ratio of ≈7-fold for dog owners whose dogs roam unattended in fields, 13-fold for dog owners who feed their dogs organic waste daily, 4-fold for dog owners who take their dog to a veterinarian only in case of illness, and 10-fold for dog owners who have never been informed by a veterinarian about the risk for infection. The results highlight the risk for infection associated with various factors of dog ownership and the value of veterinarians informing owners about prevention.
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| spelling | doaj.art-22e1f26f0f314630bfda57cda337d42c2022-12-22T01:55:10ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592022-08-012881597160510.3201/eid2808.212514Dog Ownership and Risk for Alveolar Echinococcosis, GermanyJulian SchmidbergerJanne UhlenbruckPatrycja SchlingeloffPavlo MaksimovFranz J. ConrathsBenjamin MayerWolfgang Kratzer 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 an increased odds ratio of ≈7-fold for dog owners whose dogs roam unattended in fields, 13-fold for dog owners who feed their dogs organic waste daily, 4-fold for dog owners who take their dog to a veterinarian only in case of illness, and 10-fold for dog owners who have never been informed by a veterinarian about the risk for infection. The results highlight the risk for infection associated with various factors of dog ownership and the value of veterinarians informing owners about prevention. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/8/21-2514_articleAlveolar echinococcosisEchinococcus multilocularisrisk factordog ownershipcase-control studytapeworm |
| spellingShingle | Julian Schmidberger Janne Uhlenbruck Patrycja Schlingeloff Pavlo Maksimov Franz J. Conraths Benjamin Mayer Wolfgang Kratzer Dog Ownership and Risk for Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany Emerging Infectious Diseases Alveolar echinococcosis Echinococcus multilocularis risk factor dog ownership case-control study tapeworm |
| title | Dog Ownership and Risk for Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany |
| title_full | Dog Ownership and Risk for Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany |
| title_fullStr | Dog Ownership and Risk for Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dog Ownership and Risk for Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany |
| title_short | Dog Ownership and Risk for Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany |
| title_sort | dog ownership and risk for alveolar echinococcosis germany |
| topic | Alveolar echinococcosis Echinococcus multilocularis risk factor dog ownership case-control study tapeworm |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/8/21-2514_article |
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