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

• Main Authors: Gerardo Acosta-Jamett (Author), Thomas Weitzel (Author), Belgees Boufana (Author), Claudia Adones (Author), Andrea Bahamonde (Author), Katia Abarca (Author), Philip S Craig (Author), Ingrid Reiter-Owona (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 c...