European Echinococcosis Registry: Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Europe, 1982–2000
Surveillance for alveolar echinococcosis in central Europe was initiated in 1998. On a voluntary basis, 559 patients were reported to the registry. Most cases originated from rural communities in regions from eastern France to western Austria; single cases were reported far away from the disease-“en...
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| author | Petra Kern Karine Bardonnet Elisabeth Renner Herbert Auer Zbigniew Pawlowski Rudolf W. Ammann Dominique A. Vuitton Peter Kern |
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| description | Surveillance for alveolar echinococcosis in central Europe was initiated in 1998. On a voluntary basis, 559 patients were reported to the registry. Most cases originated from rural communities in regions from eastern France to western Austria; single cases were reported far away from the disease-“endemic” zone throughout central Europe. Of 210 patients, 61.4% were involved in vocational or part-time farming, gardening, forestry, or hunting. Patients were diagnosed at a mean age of 52.5 years; 78% had symptoms. Alveolar echinococcosis primarily manifested as a liver disease. Of the 559 patients, 190 (34%) were already affected by spread of the parasitic larval tissue. Of 408 (73%) patients alive in 2000, 4.9% were cured. The increasing prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in foxes in rural and urban areas of central Europe and the occurrence of cases outside the alveolar echinococcosis–endemic regions suggest that this disease deserves increased attention. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9eb959750e4a46b7b0e1e54b41d4c5802022-12-21T23:40:16ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592003-03-019334334910.3201/eid0903.020341European Echinococcosis Registry: Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Europe, 1982–2000Petra KernKarine BardonnetElisabeth RennerHerbert AuerZbigniew PawlowskiRudolf W. AmmannDominique A. VuittonPeter KernSurveillance for alveolar echinococcosis in central Europe was initiated in 1998. On a voluntary basis, 559 patients were reported to the registry. Most cases originated from rural communities in regions from eastern France to western Austria; single cases were reported far away from the disease-“endemic” zone throughout central Europe. Of 210 patients, 61.4% were involved in vocational or part-time farming, gardening, forestry, or hunting. Patients were diagnosed at a mean age of 52.5 years; 78% had symptoms. Alveolar echinococcosis primarily manifested as a liver disease. Of the 559 patients, 190 (34%) were already affected by spread of the parasitic larval tissue. Of 408 (73%) patients alive in 2000, 4.9% were cured. The increasing prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in foxes in rural and urban areas of central Europe and the occurrence of cases outside the alveolar echinococcosis–endemic regions suggest that this disease deserves increased attention.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/3/02-0341_articlealveolar echinococcosisalveolar hydatid diseaseEchinococcus multilocularisepidemiologygeographic distributionrisk factors |
| spellingShingle | Petra Kern Karine Bardonnet Elisabeth Renner Herbert Auer Zbigniew Pawlowski Rudolf W. Ammann Dominique A. Vuitton Peter Kern European Echinococcosis Registry: Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Europe, 1982–2000 Emerging Infectious Diseases alveolar echinococcosis alveolar hydatid disease Echinococcus multilocularis epidemiology geographic distribution risk factors |
| title | European Echinococcosis Registry: Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Europe, 1982–2000 |
| title_full | European Echinococcosis Registry: Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Europe, 1982–2000 |
| title_fullStr | European Echinococcosis Registry: Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Europe, 1982–2000 |
| title_full_unstemmed | European Echinococcosis Registry: Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Europe, 1982–2000 |
| title_short | European Echinococcosis Registry: Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Europe, 1982–2000 |
| title_sort | european echinococcosis registry human alveolar echinococcosis europe 1982 2000 |
| topic | alveolar echinococcosis alveolar hydatid disease Echinococcus multilocularis epidemiology geographic distribution risk factors |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/3/02-0341_article |
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