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Belen Otero-Abad

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Otero-Abad B, Armua-Fernandez M, Deplazes P, Torgerson P, Hartnack S
Parasit Vectors . 2017 Dec; 10(1):612. PMID: 29258612
Background: In Europe the principal definitive host for Echinococcus multilocularis, causing alveolar echinococcosis in humans, is the red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Obtaining reliable estimates of the prevalence of E. multilocularis...
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Otero-Abad B, Ruegg S, Hegglin D, Deplazes P, Torgerson P
Parasit Vectors . 2017 Jan; 10(1):21. PMID: 28077161
Background: In Europe, the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the main definitive host of Echinococcus multilocularis, the aetiological agent of a severe disease in humans called alveolar echinococcosis. The distribution...
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Lewis F, Otero-Abad B, Hegglin D, Deplazes P, Torgerson P
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2014 Mar; 8(3):e2731. PMID: 24651596
Characterizing the force of infection (FOI) is an essential part of planning cost effective control strategies for zoonotic diseases. Echinococcus multilocularis is the causative agent of alveolar echinococcosis in humans,...
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Otero-Abad B, Torgerson P
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2013 Jun; 7(6):e2249. PMID: 23755310
Background: Human echinococcosis is a neglected zoonosis caused by parasites of the genus Echinococcus. The most frequent clinical forms of echinococcosis, cystic echinococcosis (CE) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE), are responsible...