Association between environmental and climatic risk factors and the spatial distribution of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan.

• Main Authors: Giulia Paternoster (Author), Gianluca Boo (Author), Roman Flury (Author), Kursanbek M Raimkulov (Author), Gulnara Minbaeva (Author), Jumagul Usubalieva (Author), Maksym Bondarenko (Author), Beat Müllhaupt (Author), Peter Deplazes (Author), Reinhard Furrer (Author), Paul R Torgerson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Cystic and alveolar echinococcosis (CE and AE) are neglected tropical diseases caused by Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato and E. multilocularis, and are emerging zoonoses in Kyrgyzstan. In this country, the spatial distribution of CE and AE surgical incidence in 2014...