Potential risk factors associated with human alveolar echinococcosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis

• Franz J. Conraths ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: franz.conraths@fli.de

  Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Epidemiology, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7400-9409

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• Carolina Probst,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Epidemiology, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

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• Alessia Possenti,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy, European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites (EURLP), ISS, Rome, Italy

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• Belgees Boufana,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the epidemiology, detection and control of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis (in humans and animals), ISS, Rome, Italy

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• Rosella Saulle,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy

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• Giuseppe La Torre,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy

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• Luca Busani,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy

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• Adriano Casulli

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the epidemiology, detection and control of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis (in humans and animals), ISS, Rome, Italy

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