Intense Focus of Alveolar Echinococcosis, South Kyrgyzstan

Authors :: Bakhadyr Bebezov
Nurlan Mamashev
Tilek Umetaliev
Iskender Ziadinov
Philip S. Craig
Deborah E. Joekel
Peter Deplazes
Felix Grimm
Paul R. Torgerson
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 6, Pp 1119-1122 (2018)
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018.
Abstract: Human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a highly pathogenic zoonotic parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus multilocularis. An ultrasound study in southern Kyrgyzstan during 2012 revealed a prevalence of 4.2% probable or confirmed AE and an additional 2.2% possible AE, representing an emerging situation. The risk for probable or confirmed AE was significantly higher in dog owners.