Domestic pets as risk factors for alveolar hydatid disease in Austria

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 978-981

  Kreidl, Peter ^a,e   Allerberger, Franz ^b   Judmaier, Gerd ^c   Auer, Herbert ^d   Aspöck, Horst ^e   Hall, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e Inst of Hygiene and Social Medicine   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cats; Dogs; Echinococcosis; Echinococcus multilocularis; Hepatic; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CAT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSHROOM; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032524028     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009388     Document Type: Article

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