Risk Factors for Alveolar Echinococcosis in Humans

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kern, Petra ; Ammon, Andrea ; Kron, Martina ; Sinn, Gabriele ; Sander, Silvia ; Petersen, Lyle R. ; Gaus, Wilhelm ; Kern, Peter
• Description:
  We conducted a case-control study to investigate risk factors for acquiring autochthonous alveolar echinococcosis in Germany. Forty cases and 120 controls matched by age and residence were interviewed. Patients were more likely than controls to have owned dogs that killed game (odds ratio [OR] = 18.0), lived in a farmhouse (OR = 6.4), owned dogs that roamed outdoors unattended (OR = 6.1), collected wood (OR = 4.7), been farmers (OR = 4.7), chewed grass (OR = 4.4), lived in a dwelling close to fields (OR = 3.0), gone into forests for vocational reasons (OR = 2.8), grown leaf or root vegetables (OR = 2.5), owned cats that roamed outdoors unattended (OR = 2.3), and eaten unwashed strawberries (OR = 2.2). Sixty-five percent of cases were attributable to farming. Measures that prevent accidental swallowing of possibly contaminated material during farming or adequate deworming of pet animals might reduce the risk for alveolar echinococcosis.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Agriculture Animals Animals, Domestic Case-Control Studies Disease Reservoirs Echinococcosis, Hepatic Female Humans Male Middle Aged Research Risk Factors

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 10(12):2088-2093.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Germany
• Location:
  Europe
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:006457370d821834ce054e80264bc7c4d2be2526e8a82317f1f213f943da9f20
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7755/cdc_7755_DS1.pdf
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