Environmental, climatic and host population risk factors of human cystic echinococcosis in southwest of Iran

• Main Authors: Mohammad Amin Ghatee (Author), Koorosh Nikaein (Author), Walter Robert Taylor (Author), Mehdi Karamian (Author), Hasan Alidadi (Author), Zahra Kanannejad (Author), Faezeh Sehatpour (Author), Fateme Zarei (Author), Gholamreza Pouladfar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cystic echinococcosis (CE), a worldwide zoonotic disease, is affected by various biological and environmental factors. We investigated dog/livestock populations, climatic and environmental factors influencing the distribution of human CE cases in Fars province, southwest Iran. Me...