Balázs Dezsényi1, Áron Somorácz2, József Danka3, István Kucsera3, Thomas F E Barth4, Adriano Casulli5,6. 1. St. István and St. László Hospital, Budapest, Hungary. 2. 2nd Department of Pathology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. 3. National Center for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary. 4. Institute of Pathology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany. 5. WHO Collaborating Centre for the Epidemiology, Detection and Control of Cystic and Alveolar Echinococcosis, Instituto Superiore di Sanita', Rome, Italy. adriano.casulli@iss.it. 6. European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites (EURLP), Instituto Superiore di Sanita', Rome, Italy. adriano.casulli@iss.it.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a parasitic disease caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato. Although in Hungary the disease is listed among reportable infections, inadequacies in the reporting practice of CE by clinicians and pathologists have resulted in underscoring of this disease. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of CE in Hungary using a datasource other than the official records that are based mainly on serological data. METHODS AND RESULTS: This retrospective case series study included a total of 45 CE patients confirmed by histopathology in a single Hungarian center between 2000 and 2014. CONCLUSION: Although CE is the most prevalent reportable endemic helminthosis in Hungary, to date this is the first study on the clinical epidemiology of the disease in this country.
PURPOSE:Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a parasitic disease caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato. Although in Hungary the disease is listed among reportable infections, inadequacies in the reporting practice of CE by clinicians and pathologists have resulted in underscoring of this disease. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of CE in Hungary using a datasource other than the official records that are based mainly on serological data. METHODS AND RESULTS: This retrospective case series study included a total of 45 CE patients confirmed by histopathology in a single Hungarian center between 2000 and 2014. CONCLUSION: Although CE is the most prevalent reportable endemic helminthosis in Hungary, to date this is the first study on the clinical epidemiology of the disease in this country.
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Case series; Clinical epidemiology; Human cystic echinococcosis; Hungary
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