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Formal Comment; Tracing the source of infection of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis, neglected par...

Formal Comment; Tracing the source of infection of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis, neglected par...

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Formal Comment; Tracing the source of infection of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis, neglected parasitic infections with long latency: The shaky road of “evidence” gathering

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Formal Comment; Tracing the source of infection of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis, neglected parasitic infections with long latency: The shaky road of “evidence” gathering

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United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2021-03, Vol.15 (3), p.e0009296-e0009296

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English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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[...]the risk ratio for dog ownership is 9.79 and the OR is 88.91. [...]dog owners have a massively increased risk of echinococcosis compared with non-owners of dogs. [...]the AF to dog ownership is just 0.0808 or approximately 8.1%. [...]being a dog owner has a high odds of being infected, but a low AF. For both AE and CE there is the theoretical...

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Formal Comment; Tracing the source of infection of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis, neglected parasitic infections with long latency: The shaky road of “evidence” gathering

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2513691884

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2513691884

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1935-2735,1935-2727

E-ISSN

1935-2735

DOI

10.1371/journal.pntd.0009296

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