Identification of risk factors for cystic echinococcosis in a peri-urban population of Peru

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-78

  Moro, Pedro L ^a   Cavero, Carlos A ^b   Tambini, Moises ^b   Briceño, Yuri ^c   Jiménez, Rosario ^c   Cabrera, Lilia ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Hospital Nacional Hipólito Unanue   (Peru)

^c ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Case control; Echinococcosis; Epidemiology; Hydatidosis; Peru; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOAT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LIVESTOCK; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERU; PET ANIMAL; PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP FARMING; URBAN POPULATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYSTS; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; GOATS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PERU; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; URBAN HEALTH; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 36549044852     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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