Prevalence and Risk Factors for Echinococcal Infection in a Rural Area of Northern Chile: A Household-Based Cross-Sectional Study

• Gerardo Acosta-Jamett ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gerardo Acosta-Jamett, Thomas Weitzel

  * E-mail: gerardo.acosta@uach.cl

  Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Preventiva Veterinaria, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral, Valdivia, Chile

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• Thomas Weitzel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gerardo Acosta-Jamett, Thomas Weitzel

  Affiliation Laboratorio Clínico, Clinica Alemana de Santiago, Facultad de Medicina Clinica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile

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• Belgees Boufana,

  Affiliation Cestode Zoonoses Research Group, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom

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• Claudia Adones,

  Affiliation Unidad de Zoonosis, Secretaría Regional Ministerial de Salud, Región de Coquimbo, Coquimbo, Chile

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• Andrea Bahamonde,

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Molecular Virology Laboratory, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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• Katia Abarca,

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Molecular Virology Laboratory, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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• Philip S. Craig,

  Affiliation Cestode Zoonoses Research Group, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom

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• Ingrid Reiter-Owona

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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