The echinococcoses: diagnosis, clinical management and burden of disease

P Kern, AM Da Silva, O Akhan, B Müllhaupt… - Advances in …, 2017 - Elsevier
The echinococcoses are chronic, parasitic diseases that are acquired after ingestion of
infective taeniid tapeworm eggs from certain species of the genus Echinococcus. Cystic …

Echinococcosis: control and prevention

PS Craig, D Hegglin, MW Lightowlers… - Advances in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Human cystic echinococcosis (CE) has been eliminated or significantly reduced as a public
health problem in several previously highly endemic regions. This has been achieved by the …

Epidemiology and control of echinococcosis in central Asia, with particular reference to the People's Republic of China

W Zhang, Z Zhang, W Wu, B Shi, J Li, X Zhou, H Wen… - Acta tropica, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract At least 270 million people (58% of the total population) are at risk of cystic
echinococcosis (CE) in Central Asia including areas of Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan …

Prevalence and spatial distribution characteristics of human echinococcosis in China

LY Wang, M Qin, ZH Liu, WP Wu, N Xiao… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Echinococcosis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by larval stages of
cestodes belonging to the genus Echinococcus. The infection affects people's health and …

Ex Vivo Liver Resection and Autotransplantation for End‐Stage Alveolar Echinococcosis: A Case Series

H Wen, JH Dong, JH Zhang, WD Duan… - American Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The role of autotransplantation in end‐stage hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is
unclear. We aimed to present our 15‐case experience and propose selection criteria for …

Echinococcosis transmission on the Tibetan Plateau

PS Craig, P Giraudoux, ZH Wang, Q Wang - Advances in parasitology, 2019 - Elsevier
Since the mid-1990s detailed studies and field investigations on the Tibetan Plateau have
revealed human echinococcosis to be an under-reported major public health problem …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in research on echinococcoses epidemiology in China

MH Fu, X Wang, S Han, YY Guan, R Bergquist, WP Wu - Acta Tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
Echinococcoses are serious zoonotic diseases in China's vast, western and north-western
pastoral areas that has one of the highest prevalence in the world. The two most common …

Epidemiological survey of echinococcosis in Tibet Autonomous Region of China

B Li, G Quzhen, CZ Xue, S Han, WQ Chen… - Infectious diseases of …, 2019 - mednexus.org
Background: The echinococcosis is prevalent in 10 provinces/autonomous region in western
and northern China. Epidemiological survey of echinococcosis in China in 2012 showed the …

Disease burden of echinococcosis in Tibetan communities—A significant public health issue in an underdeveloped region of western China

Q Wang, L Yang, Y Wang, GJ Zhang, B Zhong, WP Wu… - Acta tropica, 2020 - Elsevier
Echinococcosis is considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be a neglected
zoonotic disease in the world. Some Tibetan communities were found to be highly endemic …

[HTML][HTML] Novel techniques and preliminary results of ex vivo liver resection and autotransplantation for end-stage hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: a study of 31 cases

X Yang, Y Qiu, B Huang, W Wang, S Shen… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ex vivo liver resection combined with autotransplantation is a recently introduced approach
to cure end-stage hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (HAE), which is considered unresectable …