Prevalence and risk factors for echinococcal infection in a rural area of northern Chile: a household-based cross-sectional study.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Gerardo Acosta-Jamett, Thomas Weitzel, Belgees Boufana, Claudia Adones, Andrea Bahamonde, Katia Abarca, Philip S Craig, Ingrid Reiter-Owona
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Slaughter
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003090; https://doaj.org/article/f4fe9937bf87415abde956e30fededfe

Hydatidosis is a zoonotic disease of worldwide distribution caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Our study aimed to determine the prevalence of human and canine echinococcosis as well as the associated risk factors in a rural area of the Limarí province in northern Chile.A cross-sectional study was co...