Populations at risk for alveolar echinococcosis, France
PIARROUX, Martine
Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale [SESSTIM - U912 INSERM - Aix Marseille Univ - IRD]
Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale [SESSTIM - U912 INSERM - Aix Marseille Univ - IRD]
PIARROUX, Renaud
Infections Parasitaires : Transmission, Physiopathologie et Thérapeutiques [IP-TPT]
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Infections Parasitaires : Transmission, Physiopathologie et Thérapeutiques [IP-TPT]
PIARROUX, Martine
Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale [SESSTIM - U912 INSERM - Aix Marseille Univ - IRD]
Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale [SESSTIM - U912 INSERM - Aix Marseille Univ - IRD]
PIARROUX, Renaud
Infections Parasitaires : Transmission, Physiopathologie et Thérapeutiques [IP-TPT]
Infections Parasitaires : Transmission, Physiopathologie et Thérapeutiques [IP-TPT]
GAUDART, Jean
Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale [SESSTIM - U912 INSERM - Aix Marseille Univ - IRD]
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Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale [SESSTIM - U912 INSERM - Aix Marseille Univ - IRD]
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Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2013-05, vol. 19, n° 5, p. 721-728
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
English Abstract
During 1982-2007, alveolar echinococcosis (AE) was diagnosed in 407 patients in France, a country previously known to register half of all European patients. To better define high-risk groups in France, we conducted a ...Read more >
During 1982-2007, alveolar echinococcosis (AE) was diagnosed in 407 patients in France, a country previously known to register half of all European patients. To better define high-risk groups in France, we conducted a national registry-based study to identify areas where persons were at risk and spatial clusters of cases. We interviewed 180 AE patients about their way of life and compared responses to those of 517 controls. We found that almost all AE patients lived in 22 départements in eastern and central France (relative risk 78.63, 95% CI 52.84-117.02). Classification and regression tree analysis showed that the main risk factor was living in AE-endemic areas. There, most at-risk populations lived in rural settings (odds ratio [OR] 66.67, 95% CI 6.21-464.51 for farmers and OR 6.98, 95% CI 2.88-18.25 for other persons) or gardened in nonrural settings (OR 4.30, 95% CI 1.82-10.91). These findings can help sensitization campaigns focus on specific groups.Read less <
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