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To the Editor: Two echinococcus species — Echinococcus multilocularis and E. granulosus — are known to exist in central Europe and to cause alveolar and cystic echinococcosis, respectively, in humans. We report a high prevalence of antibodies against these organisms in farmers.

We tested 152 swine farmers (82 men and 70 women; mean age, 42 years [range, 22 to 70]) and 50 subjects who had not been exposed to farm animals (22 men and 28 women; mean age, 41 years [range, 19 to 60]) for serum antibodies against a variety of viral, bacterial, and parasitic zoonotic agents. Anamnestic data and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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