BMC Public Health

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Survey of public knowledge about Echinococcus multilocularis in four European countries: Need for proactive information

Daniel Hegglin1*, Fabio Bontadina2,3, Sandra Gloor2, Thomas Romig4, Peter Deplazes1 and Peter Kern5

Author Affiliations

1 Institute of Parasitology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 266a, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland

2 SWILD, Urban Ecology and Wildlife Research, Wuhrstrasse 12, 8003 Zurich, Switzerland

3 Zoological Institute, Division of Conservation Biology, University of Bern, Erlachstrasse 9a, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland

4 Department of Parasitology, University of Hohenheim, Emil-Wolff-Strasse 34, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany

5 Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Ulm, Robert-Koch-Strasse 8, 89081 Ulm, Germany

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BMC Public Health 2008, 8:247 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-247

Published: 21 July 2008

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Questions of the inquiry. Questions of the inquiry – French, Czech and German version: Inquiry in French, Czech and German language

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Regional differences in knowledge on Echinococcosis multilocularis. Regional differences in knowledge on Echinococcosis multilocularis: Percentage of interviewees that have ever heard about the fox tapeworm in low, middle and high endemic regions of the Czech Republic, France, Germany and Switzerland.

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