Populations at Risk for Alveolar Echinococcosis, France
Martine Piarroux, Renaud Piarroux, Jenny Knapp, Karine Bardonnet, Jérôme Dumortier, Jérôme Watelet, Alain Gerard, Jean Beytout, Armand Abergel, Solange Bresson-Hadni, Jean Gaudart
, and for the FrancEchino Surveillance Network
Author affiliations: Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (M. Piarroux, R. Piarroux, J. Gaudart); University College London, London, UK (J. Gaudart); Franche-Comté University–University Hospital, Besançon, France (K. Bardonnet, J. Knapp, S. Bresson-Hadni); University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France (A, Abergel, J. Beytout); Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France (J. Dumortier); University Hospital Nancy, Nancy, France (A. Gerard, J. Watelet)
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Figure 1. . Location of patients, controls, and areas in France where persons are at risk for alveolar echinococcosis. The main area for human risk is located in eastern France and includes the départements (second largest administrative areas in France) where persons are at risk for alveolar echinococcosis of clusters 1, 2, and 4 as defined by SatScan analysis (Kulldorff, Boston, MA, USA; and Information Management Services, Inc., Rockville, MD, USA). Clusters 3 and 5 are located in the mountains of Massif Central and constitute the second area where persons are at risk.
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