Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Croatia

Dušek, Davorka; Vince, Adriana; Kurelac, Ivan; Papić, Neven; Višković, Klaudija; Deplazes, Peter; Beck, Relja

doi:10.3201/eid2602.181826

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“…According to a meta-analysis, based on studies published between 1900 and 2015, E. multilocularis has been documented in red foxes from 21 countries (Oksanen et al, 2016) (Figure 40). Since 2015 and 2020, this parasite has also been found in foxes and golden jackals from Croatia and Hungary, respectively (Du sek et al, 2020;Balog et al, 2021). Surveillance of E. granulosus s.l.…”

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The European Union One Health 2020 Zoonoses Report

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This report of the EFSA and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents the results of zoonoses monitoring activities carried out in 2020 in 27 EU Member States (MS) and nine non-MS. Key statistics on zoonoses and zoonotic agents in humans, food, animals and feed are provided and interpreted historically. Two events impacted 2020 MS data collection and related statistics: the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU. In 2020, the first and second most reported zoonoses in humans were campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis, respectively. The EU trend for confirmed human cases of these two diseases was stable (flat) from 2016 to 2020. Fourteen of the 26 MS reporting data on Salmonella control programmes in poultry met the reduction targets for all poultry categories. Salmonella results for carcases of various species performed by competent authorities were more frequently positive than own-checks conducted by food business operators. This was also the case for Campylobacter quantification results from broiler carcases for the MS group that submitted data from both samplers, whereas overall at EU level, those percentages were comparable. Yersiniosis was the third most reported zoonosis in humans, with 10-fold less cases reported than salmonellosis, followed by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Listeria monocytogenes infections. Illnesses caused by L. monocytogenes and West Nile virus infections were the most severe zoonotic diseases with the highest case fatality. In 2020, 27 MS reported 3,086 foodborne outbreaks (a 47.0% decrease from 2019) and 20,017 human cases (a 61.3% decrease). Salmonella remained the most frequently reported causative agent for foodborne outbreaks. Salmonella in 'eggs and egg products', norovirus in 'crustaceans, shellfish, molluscs and products containing them' and L. monocytogenes in 'fish and fish products' were the agent/food pairs of most concern. This report also provides updates on tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis or Mycobacterium caprae, Brucella, Trichinella, Echinococcus, Toxoplasma, rabies, Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) and tularaemia.

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Section: Animalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The European Union One Health 2020 Zoonoses Report

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“…AE infection is not easily identified due to the long latency period and thus some infected individuals do not search care or only at a very advanced stage; it can also be misdiagnosed as cirrhosis, liver cavernous hemangioma, hepatic pus-filled cysts or liver malignant tumor. Correct diagnosis of the first AE case ever identified in Croatia (February 2020) took 2.5 years, because radiologic findings were inconsistent with cystic echinococcosis and clinicians assumed that was the only type of human echinococcosis in Croatia ( Dušek et al, 2020 ).…”

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A review of human alveolar echinococcosis in the Republic of Armenia from 2008 to 2020

Manukyan

Avetisyan

Sahakyan

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Parasite Epidemiology and Control

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“…However, the raising number of foxes and nutrias might present a potential threat for AE in humans. In neighbouring Croatia, the first human case of AE was confirmed in 2017 ( Dušek et al, 2020 ) and the disease appears to be emerging in Hungary ( Dezsényi et al, 2021 ). Nevertheless, the results of our study and those of others ( Umhang et al, 2013 ) lead us to consider nutrias can be a relevant bioindicators of the presence of E. multilocularis in environment.…”

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