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Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Croatia [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
Alveolar echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by the tapeworm larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis. This zoonotic disease has not been known to occur in Croatia.
Davorka Dušek, Adriana Vince, Ivan Kurelac, Neven Papić, Klaudija Višković, Peter Deplazes, Relja Beck   +6 more
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HLA and alveolar echinococcosis

Tissue Antigens, 1998
Abstract: Evidence in animal intermediate hosts that susceptibility to larval infection with Echinococcus multilocularis is restricted to individual host factors prompted us to investigate the susceptibility markers in humans. Because antigens of the extracellular parasite E multilocularis are possibly presented by MHC molecules in a restricted way ...
Eiermann, T H, Bettens, F, Tiberghien, P, Schmitz, K, Beurton, I, Bresson-Hadni, S, Ammann, R W, Goldmann, S F, Vuitton, D A, Gottstein, Bruno, Kern, P   +10 more
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Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: a diagnostic challenge

Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2011
We report a case of alveolar echinococcosis involving the liver in a 61-year-old male. Alveolar echinococcosis is a rare chronic and progressive disease, which can involve mostly liver and in rare cases lung and brain.
O Yapici, S M Erturk, M Ulusay, A Ozel, A Halefoglu, Z Karpat, M Basak   +6 more
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Echinococcus multilocularis: An Emerging Pathogen in Hungary and Central Eastern Europe?

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
Echinococcus multilocularis, the causative agent of human alveolar echinococcosis, is reported for the first time in Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Hungary.
Tamás Sréter, Zoltán Széll, Zsuzsa Egyed, István Varga   +3 more
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Pitfall alveolar echinococcosis in non-endemic areas Alveolar echinococcosis migrating northward

Annals of Hepatology, 2010
Alveolar echinococcosis of the liver can be mistaken as a liver tumor. The occurrence of the fox tapeworm echinococcus multilocularis is increasing in formerly unaffected European regions.
Ulrike Tennert, Stefan Schubert, Michael Tröltzsch, Lidia Ivanova Tchavdarova, Joachim Mössner, Konrad Schoppmeyer   +5 more
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Confirmed Autochthonous Case of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Italy, 2023

Emerging Infectious Diseases
In September 2023, a patient in Italy who had never traveled abroad was referred for testing for suspected hepatic cystic echinococcosis. Lesions were incompatible with cystic echinococcosis; instead, autochthonous alveolar echinococcosis was confirmed.
Francesca Tamarozzi, Niccolò Ronzoni, Monica Degani, Eugenio Oliboni, Dennis Tappe, Beate Gruener, Federico Gobbi   +6 more
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Intracerebral Alveolar Echinococcosis

Infection, 2003
There are two species of the genus Echinococcus, Echinococcus multilocularis (also called alveolar hydatid) and Echinococcus granulosus, characterized by distinct growth features in humans. The main endemic regions for human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) caused by E.
M-P, Algros, F, Majo, S, Bresson-Hadni, S, Koch, J, Godard, F, Cattin, B, Delbosc, B, Kantelip   +7 more
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Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis simulating metastatic malignancy

Autopsy and Case Reports
Echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by infection with tiny tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus. Echinococcosis is classified as either cystic echinococcosis or alveolar echinococcosis.
Suvradeep Mitra, Payal Charaya, Shrinath Gururaj Deshpande, Mayur Parkhi, Thakur Deen Yadav   +4 more
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European Echinococcosis Registry: Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Europe, 1982–2000

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
Surveillance for alveolar echinococcosis in central Europe was initiated in 1998. On a voluntary basis, 559 patients were reported to the registry. Most cases originated from rural communities in regions from eastern France to western Austria; single ...
Petra Kern, Karine Bardonnet, Elisabeth Renner, Herbert Auer, Zbigniew Pawlowski, Rudolf W. Ammann, Dominique A. Vuitton, Peter Kern   +7 more
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Relevance of Pulmonary Alveolar Echinococcosis

Archivos de Bronconeumología (English Edition), 2020
Pulmonary alveolar echinococcosis (PAE) is a chronic disease caused by Echinococcus multilocularis with very low incidence in developed countries.This single-center, retrospective study included 34 patients who were diagnosed with PAE between January 2001 and February 2019 (15 males, 19 females, mean age: 52.4±15.8 years, age range: 28-78 years) in ...
Sener, Ebru, Korkut, Ercan, Alper, Fatih, Aydin, Yener, Ulas, Ali Bilal, Aksungur, Nurhak, Ozturk, Gürkan, Sade, Recep, Eroglu, Atila, Kesmez, Can, Araz, O, Ogul, H, Topdagi, O   +12 more
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