Environmental risk factors and changing spatial patterns of human seropositivity for Echinococcus spp. in Xiji County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China

Background Human echinococcoses are parasitic helminth infections that constitute a serious public health concern in several regions across the world. Cystic (CE) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE) in China represent a high proportion of the total global burden of these infections. This study was cond...

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Published in:	Parasites & vectors Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 159
Main Authors:	Cadavid Restrepo, Angela M., Yang, Yu Rong, McManus, Donald P., Gray, Darren J., Barnes, Tamsin S., Williams, Gail M., Soares Magalhães, Ricardo J., Clements, Archie C. A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 09.03.2018 BioMed Central Ltd BMC
Subjects:	Adolescent Animals Antibodies, Helminth - blood Bayesian theory Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Child China China - epidemiology Cross-Sectional Studies Echinococcosis Echinococcosis - epidemiology Echinococcosis - parasitology Echinococcus granulosus Echinococcus granulosus - immunology Echinococcus multilocularis Echinococcus multilocularis - immunology Entomology Environment Environmental Exposure Environmental health Female forests Geographical information systems geostatistics habitat fragmentation helminths Human echinococcoses Humans Infectious Diseases Male Medical research Medicine, Experimental meteorological data Methods Models, Statistical Parasitology public health Public health administration Remote sensing risk Risk Factors satellites Seroepidemiologic Studies seroprevalence shrublands Spatial Analysis species summer Topography, Medical Tropical Medicine Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science Virology China Environment Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Geographical information systems Remote sensing Human echinococcoses Xiji County Echinococcus multilocularis Echinococcus granulosus
ISSN:	1756-3305, 1756-3305
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