Human alveolar echinococcosis in Poland: 1990-2011.

• Main Authors: Wacław L Nahorski (Author), Józef P Knap (Author), Zbigniew S Pawłowski (Author), Marek Krawczyk (Author), Jerzy Polański (Author), Jerzy Stefaniak (Author), Waldemar Patkowski (Author), Beata Szostakowska (Author), Halina Pietkiewicz (Author), Anna Grzeszczuk (Author), Iwona Felczak-Korzybska (Author), Elżbieta Gołąb (Author), Natalia Wnukowska (Author), Małgorzata Paul (Author), Elżbieta Kacprzak (Author), Elżbieta Sokolewicz-Bobrowska (Author), Jolanta Niścigorska-Olsen (Author), Aleksandra Czyrznikowska (Author), Lidia Chomicz (Author), Danuta Cielecka (Author), Przemysław Myjak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) caused by Echinococcus multilocularis infections is a dangerous old disease in the Northern Hemisphere. The aim of the paper was to collect and analyze data on human AE in Poland in the last two decades. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: The sources of data wer...