Publications

[environmental hygienic aspects of echinococcosis].	a literature review on the current situation of echinococcosis in central europe is given. the only final host for echinococcus granulosus in this region ist the dog. the infection rate of dogs with e. granulosus in central europe is less than 1%. according to meat inspection statistics in germany less than 0.008% of sheep, pigs and horses carry larval stages of e. granulosus. parasitologically confirmed is the occurrence of a cattle-dog strain, the cysts of which were found in 0.26% of slaughte ...	1992	1516550
spatial distribution of bluetongue surveillance and cases in switzerland.	swiss bluetongue surveillance from mid 2007 to mid 2008 was a combination of monthly bulk milk testing of 200 cattle herds in zones of higher risk for vector presence and intensification of passive clinical surveillance. the spatial scan statistic and moran's i statistic were used to determine clustering of surveillance data. the results show a high level of surveillance intensity for bt in switzerland in 2007. in the region encompassing the cantons of aargau, basel-landschaft, basel-stadt and s ...	2008	18979419