The First Detection of <i>Echinococcus</i> <i>Granulosus</i> DNA in Residents’ Hands, Dogs’ Hair, and Soil in Highly Endemic Region of Echinococcosis — Naqu City, Xizang Autonomous Region, China, 2020

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