Settlement characteristics and transmission of echinococcosis: a cross-sectional study in nomadic communities on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

Settlement characteristics and transmission of echinococcosis: a cross-sectional study in nomadic communities on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

Abstract Background Echinococcosis remains highly endemic in some nomadic communities on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China, where alveolar echinococcosis (AE) and cystic echinococcosis (CE) exhibit notably high prevalence rates of 3.64% and 2.37%, respectively. Recent settlement expansion in the regi...

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Main Authors: Qian Wang, Yifei Wang, Zhaohui Luo, Sha Liao, Wenjie Yu, Guangjia Zhang, Liu Yang, Wei He, Zhongshuang Zhang, Diming Cai, Jun Liu, Guo Zhou, Yongzhong Li, Yan Huang, Ruirui Li, Qi Wang, Renxin Yao, Quzhen Gongsang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-06-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Echinococcosis
Cystic echinococcosis
Alveolar echinococcosis
Settlement characteristics
Transmission
Nomadic community
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-025-01316-6
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