Potential Risk Factors Associated with Human Cystic Echinococcosis: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scientific literature on cystic echinococcosis (CE) reporting data on risk factors is limited and to the best of our knowledge, no global evaluation of human CE risk factors has to date been performed. This systematic review (SR) summarizes available data on statistically relevant potential risk factors (PRFs) associated with human CE.

Methodology/principal findings

Database searches identified 1,367 papers, of which thirty-seven were eligible for inclusion. Of these, eight and twenty-nine were case-control and cross-sectional studies, respectively. Among the eligible papers, twenty-one were included in the meta-analyses. Pooled odds ratio (OR) were used as a measure of effect and separately analysed for the two study designs. PRFs derived from case-control studie

SUBMITTER: Possenti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5098738 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature