Unexpected increase of alveolar echincoccosis, Austria, 2011

In Central Europe, classical alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is endemic. Annual incidences in Austria were 2.4 and 2.8 cases/100,000 population during 1991-2000 and 2001-2010, respectively. Hence, the registration of 13 new AE patients in 2011 was unexpected. Increasing fox populations and past AE unde...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2013-03, Vol.19 (3), p.475-477
Main Authors: Schneider, Renate, Aspöck, Horst, Auer, Herbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alveolar echinococcosis
Austria
Austria - epidemiology
Causes of
Child
Complications and side effects
Demographic aspects
Dispatch
Echinococcosis, Hepatic - epidemiology
Echinococcus multilocularis
Endemic Diseases
Female
helminth
Helminthiasis
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
parasites
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Young Adult
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Summary:In Central Europe, classical alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is endemic. Annual incidences in Austria were 2.4 and 2.8 cases/100,000 population during 1991-2000 and 2001-2010, respectively. Hence, the registration of 13 new AE patients in 2011 was unexpected. Increasing fox populations and past AE underreporting might have caused this increase.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1903.120595