A One Health systematic review of diagnostic tools for Echinococcus multilocularis surveillance: Towards equity in global detection

Janna M. Schurer, Arlene Nishimwe, Dieudonne Hakizimana, Huan Li, Yu‐Tung Huang, Jean Pierre Musabyimana, Eugène Tuyishime, Lauren E. MacDonald

Food and Waterborne Parasitology · 2019 · 12 citations · 58 references

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in canids, people, or environment in 27 of the 43 endemic countries and reports data gaps in surveillance, laboratory methods, and diagnostic sensitivity. International consensus on gold standard diagnostic techniques and harmonization of human, canid and environmental surveillance data across political boundaries are needed to comprehensively assess the global burden and distribution of this parasite.

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