Community risk of environmental-borne cystic echinococcosis transmission in South America: Results from the multistep cross-sectional and case-control PERITAS study.

Community risk of environmental-borne cystic echinococcosis transmission in South America: Results from the multistep cross-sectional and case-control PERITAS study.

<h4>Background</h4>Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is mainly described as a food/waterborne zoonosis. However, evidence about matrices contamination is scarce. Identifying main transmission routes could optimize health messages aiming to prevent ingestion of parasite eggs. We evaluated Echino...

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Main Authors: Gerardo Acosta-Jamett, Francesca Tamarozzi, Natalia Castro, Saul J Santivanez, Raul Enriquez Laurente, Cristina Mazzi, Cristian A Alvarez-Rojas, Adriano Casulli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-08-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013382
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