Echinococcosis: disease, detection and transmission

Echinococcosis is one of the world's most geographically widespread parasitic zoonoses, with transmission occurring in tropical, temperate and arctic biomes. Most human infections are due to Echinococcus granulosus transmitted between domestic dogs and livestock, but this cosmopolitan species a...

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Published in:Parasitology 2003-10, Vol.127 (S1), p.S5-S20
Main Authors: CRAIG, P. S., ROGAN, M. T., CAMPOS-PONCE, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Carnivores
Developed countries
diagnosis
Disease
Disease Reservoirs
Disease transmission
Domestic animals
E. multilocularis
Echinococcosis - diagnosis
Echinococcosis - epidemiology
Echinococcosis - transmission
Echinococcus - growth & development
Echinococcus granulosus
Ecosystem
Epidemiology
Health problems
Host-Parasite Interactions
Human populations
Humans
Livestock
Public Health
transmission
Ungulates
Zoonoses
Zoonoses - epidemiology
Zoonoses - parasitology
Zoonoses - transmission
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Summary:Echinococcosis is one of the world's most geographically widespread parasitic zoonoses, with transmission occurring in tropical, temperate and arctic biomes. Most human infections are due to Echinococcus granulosus transmitted between domestic dogs and livestock, but this cosmopolitan species also cycles between wild carnivores (principally canids) and wild ungulates. The other species with significant zoonotic potential is E. multilocularis that occurs naturally in fox definitive hosts and small mammal intermediate hosts. These two species cause human cystic or alveolar echinococcosis respectively, which may be considered serious public health problems in several regions including developed countries. This review provides an introductory overview to the Supplement and summarises the biology and epidemiology of these two related cestodes with an emphasis on applied aspects relating to detection, diagnosis and surveillance in animal and human populations, and includes aspects of transmission ecology, and also considers aspects of community epidemiology and potential for control.
ISSN:0031-1820
1469-8161
DOI:10.1017/S0031182003004384