

@article {2929,
	title = {Populations at risk for alveolar echinococcosis, {France}},
	journal = {Emerging Infectious Diseases},
	volume = {19},
	number = {5},
	year = {2013},
	pages = {721{\textendash}728},
	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 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 d{\'e}partements 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.},
	keywords = {Adult, agricultural workers diseases, albendazole, alveolar echinococcosis, Animals, Anthelmintics, communicable disease prevention and control, Echinococcosis, Echinococcus multilocularis, Endemic Diseases, epidemiology, Female, Foxes, France, Hepatic, Humans, Liver, Male, Mebendazole, Middle Aged, parasites, Registries, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, rural health, Rural Population, Socioeconomic Factors, Zoonoses},
	issn = {1080-6059},
	doi = {10.3201/eid1905.120867},
	author = {Piarroux, Martine and Piarroux, Renaud and Knapp, Jenny and Bardonnet, Karine and Dumortier, J{\'e}r{\^o}me and Watelet, J{\'e}r{\^o}me and G{\'e}rard, Alain and Beytout, Jean and Abergel, Armand and Bresson-Hadni, Solange and Gaudart, Jean and FrancEchino Surveillance Network}
}
