Fresh fruits, vegetables and mushrooms as transmission vehicles for Echinococcus multilocularis in highly endemic areas of Poland: reply to concerns

Echinococcus multilocularis is a tapeworm that may cause alveolar echinococcosis (AE), one of the most dangerous parasitic zoonoses. As in the case of other foodborne diseases, unwashed fruits and vegetables, contaminated with dispersed forms of E. multilocularis, may serve as an important transmiss...

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Main Authors: Lass, Anna, Szostakowska, Beata, Myjak, Przemysław, Korzeniewski, Krzysztof
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4980413/