Cystic echinococcosis in Greece. Past and present*
Cystic echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease with a wide geographical distribution, Greece included, and is considered to be a serious problem for the public health and the livestock economy. Although the disease was widespread in Greece since ancient times, cystic echinococcosis was identified as a...
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| description | Cystic echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease with a wide geographical distribution, Greece included, and is considered to be a serious problem for the public health and the livestock economy. Although the disease was widespread in Greece since ancient times, cystic echinococcosis was identified as a serious problem around 1970, and since then national surveillance programmes are running, based on meat inspection and stray dogs management. Ever since, there are official records of the parasite’s prevalence in humans and livestock which show a continuous decline. More precisely, human hydatidosis, according to the official records, declines from an annual incidence of 14.8 per 100,000 inhabitants during 1967-1971 to 0.3 in 2008. Late surveys reveal that in Greece the prevalence of echinococcosis was 23-39.2 % for sheep, 7.6-14.7 % for goats, 0 % in cattle and 0.6 % in pigs, while further molecular analyses in Southern Greece showed the existence of the genotypes G1 and G3 in sheep and G7 in goats in that area. All data presented demonstrate that the parasite is still present in Greece. Surveillance is nowadays being performed under EU regulations but it is highly important to improve and adopt corrective and preventive measures to avoid animal and human infection. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c98d1f0447c04156b68e81293ea64c7d2023-12-03T01:28:17ZengEDP SciencesParasite1252-607X1776-10422010-09-0117320521010.1051/parasite/2010173205parasite2010173p205Cystic echinococcosis in Greece. Past and present*Sotiraki S.Chaligiannis I.Cystic echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease with a wide geographical distribution, Greece included, and is considered to be a serious problem for the public health and the livestock economy. Although the disease was widespread in Greece since ancient times, cystic echinococcosis was identified as a serious problem around 1970, and since then national surveillance programmes are running, based on meat inspection and stray dogs management. Ever since, there are official records of the parasite’s prevalence in humans and livestock which show a continuous decline. More precisely, human hydatidosis, according to the official records, declines from an annual incidence of 14.8 per 100,000 inhabitants during 1967-1971 to 0.3 in 2008. Late surveys reveal that in Greece the prevalence of echinococcosis was 23-39.2 % for sheep, 7.6-14.7 % for goats, 0 % in cattle and 0.6 % in pigs, while further molecular analyses in Southern Greece showed the existence of the genotypes G1 and G3 in sheep and G7 in goats in that area. All data presented demonstrate that the parasite is still present in Greece. Surveillance is nowadays being performed under EU regulations but it is highly important to improve and adopt corrective and preventive measures to avoid animal and human infection.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2010173205cystic echinococcosisEchinococcus granulosussurveillanceGreece |
| spellingShingle | Sotiraki S. Chaligiannis I. Cystic echinococcosis in Greece. Past and present* Parasite cystic echinococcosis Echinococcus granulosus surveillance Greece |
| title | Cystic echinococcosis in Greece. Past and present* |
| title_full | Cystic echinococcosis in Greece. Past and present* |
| title_fullStr | Cystic echinococcosis in Greece. Past and present* |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cystic echinococcosis in Greece. Past and present* |
| title_short | Cystic echinococcosis in Greece. Past and present* |
| title_sort | cystic echinococcosis in greece past and present |
| topic | cystic echinococcosis Echinococcus granulosus surveillance Greece |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2010173205 |
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