Potential risk factors associated with human alveolar echinococcosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

• Main Authors: Franz J Conraths (Author), Carolina Probst (Author), Alessia Possenti (Author), Belgees Boufana (Author), Rosella Saulle (Author), Giuseppe La Torre (Author), Luca Busani (Author), Adriano Casulli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a severe zoonotic disease caused by the metacestode stage of Echinococcus multilocularis. AE is commonly associated with a long incubation period that may last for more than ten years. The objective of this systematic literature review was to identify and summar...