Table 1.
Detection of Echinococcus multilocularis DNA in environmental fruit, vegetable, and mushroom samples collected in the Varmia-Masuria Province, Poland in comparison to percent of infected foxes and number of human AE cases
| Type of sampling site | Sample type | Number of samples tested | Positive samples | Number of human AE cases 1990–2011 (Nahorski et al. 2013) | % of infected foxes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number % | 2001–2006 (Malczewski et al. 2008) | 2009–2013 (Karamon et al. 2014) | |||||
| Forests | All undergrowth | 57 | 12 | 21 | |||
| Mushrooms | 25 | 9 | 36 | ||||
| Forest fruits | 32 | 3 | 9.4 | ||||
| Kitchen gardens | Vegetables | 26 | 8 | 30.7 | |||
| Plantations | Raspberries | 20 | 4 | 20 | |||
| Total | 103 | 24 | 23.3 | 65 | 39.6 | 50 | |