Correction to: First description of Echinococcus ortleppi infection in China

Abstract

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error in Table 2.Namely, in the ' America' section of the table the species 'Crested Porcupine' is matched with the country 'Brazil' .However, it should be matched with 'Bosnia and Herzegovina' (and so be placed in the 'Europe' section).The corrected Table 2 is given in this erratum.

The pathology, phylogeny, and epidemiology of Echinococcus ortleppi (G5 genotype): a new case report of echinococcosis in China

“…The most important indicators of the parasitic infection, i.e. count and percentage of eosinophil granulocytes were normal; the cysts had no typical CE (CE1‒CE5) features seen in the CT imagery [ 24 ], such as an evident cyst wall structure consistent with the results of a previous study [ 6 , 17 ]. These preoperative clinical features did not reveal whether the liver cyst was caused by Echinococcus since it was very similar to a congenital liver cyst.…”

“…This is the second report on CE caused by E. ortleppi infection in China. In accordance with the first case, it occurred in an area considered to be free of echinococcosis [ 17 ]. It has been documented that the main epidemic areas of echinococcosis in the pastoral and semi-pastoral regions of the western China show a large number of Echinococcus genotype G1, with sporadic G3 and G6 type presence but without E. ortleppi (G5) being reported [ 12 – 14 ].…”

“…It is commonly found in high latitude regions of the northern hemisphere (such as Canada, Central Europe, Russian Federation, Mongolia, Hokkaido of Japan and Northern China), alpine regions (such as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China) and permafrost regions (such as Alaska of USA) [ 28 ]. However, there is an obvious difference between E. ortleppi and E. multilocularis, according to the statistical results of Shi et al [ 17 ], E. ortleppi infection cases in humans or other intermediate hosts have been reported in Asia, Africa, America and Europe, but, the countries with more than 10 cases reported are mainly in the low-latitude tropical area, such as Brazil (536 cases) in South America [ 29 – 33 ], Ethiopia (13 cases) [ 29 , 34 ], Kenya (91 cases) [ 29 , 35 , 36 , Sudan (17 cases) [ 29 , 37 ], Zambia (53 cases) [ 29 ] and Namibia (38 cases) [ 29 ] in Africa, and India (12 cases) [ 2 , 38 , 39 ] in South Asia. So, it was inferred that there may be a stable tropical strain of Echinococcus in the long-term environmental adaptive evolution.…”

“…Echinococcus ortleppi infection was first reported in a herd of cattle in Holland; hence, it was named a cattle strain [ 7 , 8 ]. To date, reported hosts of E. ortleppi include cattle, camels, pigs, goats, sheep, wild mammals (including oryx, douc langur, crested porcupines and spotted deer) and humans in many regions of Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Latin America [ 17 ]. Shi et al [ 17 ] reported in 2019 the first case of a human E. ortleppi infection in Rongshui County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a region of southwestern China previously considered non-endemic.…”

“…To date, reported hosts of E. ortleppi include cattle, camels, pigs, goats, sheep, wild mammals (including oryx, douc langur, crested porcupines and spotted deer) and humans in many regions of Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Latin America [ 17 ]. Shi et al [ 17 ] reported in 2019 the first case of a human E. ortleppi infection in Rongshui County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a region of southwestern China previously considered non-endemic. This particular patient had no travel or work history related to any clearly identified epidemic areas.…”