title: A cross-sectional survey to analyse the risk factors associated with human cystic echinococcosis in an endemic area of mid-Wales.
abstract: In mid-Wales, the prevalence of cystic echinococcosis (hydatid disease) in humans and other animals has been well documented. A cross-sectional study was therefore undertaken to examine the associated demographic and environmental risk factors for the disease in humans, in Powys, mid-Wales. Overall, 223 fully completed questionnaires were returned from a postal survey. Eighteen of the respondents had been treated for cystic echinococcosis (CE). No significant association was found between many of the well-established risk factors, such as dog or farm ownership, and treatment for CE, although women were more likely to have been treated for the disease than men.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Dowling
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Torgerson
mesh_terms: D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004285:Dogs; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012756:Sheep / Q000469:parasitology; D014675:Vegetables / Q000469:parasitology; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology