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dc.contributor.authorDeplazes, P
dc.contributor.authorRinaldi, L
dc.contributor.authorRojas, CA Alvarez
dc.contributor.authorTorgerson, PR
dc.contributor.authorHarand, MF
dc.contributor.authorRomig, T
dc.contributor.authorAntolova, D
dc.contributor.authorSchurer, JM
dc.contributor.authorLahmar, S
dc.contributor.authorCringoli, G
dc.contributor.authorMagambo, J
dc.contributor.authorThompson, RCA
dc.contributor.authorJenkins, EJ
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-14T06:14:15Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-06T15:26:06Z
dc.date.available2018-08-14T06:14:15Z
dc.date.available2020-02-06T15:26:06Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.must.ac.ke/handle/123456789/1102
dc.description.abstractAlveolar 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.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcademic Pressen_US
dc.subjectAlveolar echinococcosisen_US
dc.subjectCystic echinococcosisen_US
dc.titleGlobal distribution of alveolar and cystic echinococcosisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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