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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Global Distribution of Alveolar and Cystic Echinococcosis
Advances in Parasitology, Volume 95, Year 2017
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Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) and cystic echinococcosis (CE) are severe helminthic zoonoses. Echinococcus multilocularis (causative agent of AE) is widely distributed in the northern hemisphere where it is typically maintained in a wild animal cycle including canids as definitive hosts and rodents as intermediate hosts. The species Echinococcus granulosus, Echinococcus ortleppi, Echinococcus canadensis and Echinococcus intermedius are the causative agents of CE with a worldwide distribution and a highly variable human disease burden in the different endemic areas depending upon human behavioural risk factors, the diversity and ecology of animal host assemblages and the genetic diversity within Echinococcus species which differ in their zoonotic potential and pathogenicity. Both AE and CE are regarded as neglected zoonoses, with a higher overall burden of disease for CE due to its global distribution and high regional prevalence, but a higher pathogenicity and case fatality rate for AE, especially in Asia. Over the past two decades, numerous studies have addressed the epidemiology and distribution of these Echinococcus species worldwide, resulting in better-defined boundaries of the endemic areas. This chapter presents the global distribution of Echinococcus species and human AE and CE in maps and summarizes the global data on host assemblages, transmission, prevalence in animal definitive hosts, incidence in people and molecular epidemiology. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd
Authors & Co-Authors
Deplazes, Peter
Switzerland, Zurich
Universität Zürich
Rinaldi, Laura
Italy, Naples
Università Degli Studi Di Napoli Federico Ii
Torgerson, P. R.
Switzerland, Zurich
Universität Zürich
Fasihi Harandi, Majid
Iran, Kerman
Kerman University of Medical Sciences
Römig, Thomas J.
Germany, Stuttgart
Universität Hohenheim
Schurer, Janna M.
Canada, Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Lahmar, Samia
Tunisia, Sidi Thabet
Ecole Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire
Cringoli, Giuseppe
Italy, Naples
Università Degli Studi Di Napoli Federico Ii
Magambo, Japheth K.
Unknown Affiliation
Thompson, Richard Christopher Andrew
Australia, Perth
Murdoch University
Jenkins, Emily J.
Canada, Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
Statistics
Citations: 632
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 10
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/bs.apar.2016.11.001
ISSN:
0065308X
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study