Behaviour and eating habits as determinants for human opisthorchiasis in the Bolsena Lake area, Italy

Title:

Behaviour and eating habits as determinants for human opisthorchiasis in the Bolsena Lake area, Italy

Creator:

Scaramozzino, Paola, Condoleo, Roberto, Martini, Enrica, Bossù, Teresa, Aquilani, Silvia, Spallucci, Valentina, Aquilini, Elisabetta, and Marozzi, Selene

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:75663a0d-cc18-42ce-8012-b9e94bf1846e
uuid:75663a0d-cc18-42ce-8012-b9e94bf1846e
issn:1803-6465
doi:10.14411/fp.2018.013

Subject:

dotazníky, parazitologie, questionnaires, parasitology, Opisthorchis felineus, risk factors, 2, and 59

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

print, počítač, and online zdroj

Description:

In Italy, food-borne outbreaks of opisthorchiasis have occurred since 2003, all of them originating from some lakes in Central Italy where the only European liver fluke, Opisthorchis felineus (Rivolta, 1884) is endemic. The aim of the present study is to investigate the factors that may facilitate the life cycle of O. felineus in the area of Bolsena Lake, the knowledge of the local population about opisthorchiasis, and preventative healthcare measures. We performed a descriptive observational study through the submission of questionnaires to three target populations: fishermen who fish exclusively in Bolsena Lake, restaurateurs whose businesses are close to the lake and general population living in the province of Viterbo. Results showed hazardous behaviours and eating habits in the three target populations, as well as a poor knowledge of opisthorchiasis and preventative healthcare measures., Paola Scaramozzino, Roberto Condoleo, Enrica Martini, Teresa Bossù, Silvia Aquilani, Valentina Spallucci, Elisabetta Aquilini, Selene Marozzi., and Obsahuje bibliografii

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

1-7

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2018 Volume:65 | Number:1

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CDK

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