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10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.07.032
| Title: | Echinococcus infections in the Baltic region |
| Authors: | Marcinkute, Audrone Šarkunas, Mindaugas Moks, Epp Saarma, Urmas Jokelainen, Pikka Bagrade, Guna Laivacuma, Sniedze Strupas, Kestutis Sokolovas, Vitalijus Deplazes, Peter Rīga Stradiņš University |
| Keywords: | Echinococcosis;Echinococcus granulosus;Echinococcus multilocularis;Emerging infectious diseases;Epidemiology;Estonia;Latvia;Lithuania;Zoonoses;3.3 Health sciences;4.3 Veterinary science;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database;Parasitology;General Veterinary;SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being |
| Issue Date: | 30-Oct-2015 |
| Citation: | Marcinkute , A , Šarkunas , M , Moks , E , Saarma , U , Jokelainen , P , Bagrade , G , Laivacuma , S , Strupas , K , Sokolovas , V & Deplazes , P 2015 , ' Echinococcus infections in the Baltic region ' , Veterinary Parasitology , vol. 213 , no. 3/4 , pp. 121-131 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.07.032 |
| Abstract: | In the Baltic countries, the two zoonotic diseases, alveolar echinococcosis (AE) caused by Echinococcus multilocularis, and cystic echinococcosis (CE) caused by Echinococcus granulosus, are of increasing public health concern. Observations from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania indicate that the distribution of both parasites is wider in the Baltics than previously expected. In this paper, we review and discuss the available data, regarding both parasitoses in animals and humans, from the Baltic countries and selected adjacent regions. The data are not easily comparable but reveal a worrisome situation as the number of human AE and CE cases is increasing. Despite improvements in diagnostics and treatment, AE has a high morbidity and mortality in the Baltic region. For the control of both zoonoses, monitoring transmission patterns and timely diagnosis in humans as well as the development of local control programs present major challenges. |
| Description: | Funding Information: The study was financially supported by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO, project TCP/LIT/3001, T), the SwissBaltNet (supporter: GEBERT RÜF STIFTUNG), the EMIDA-ERA NET framework (with the EMIRO project ‘The significance of rodent communities for the distribution of Echinococcus multilocularis: ecological and experimental investigations’, grant number 1.12.18 EMIDA EMIRO ), institutional research funding (IUT-2032) from the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research , grant ESF-8525 as well as the health promotion research programme TerVe 3.2.1002.11-0002 EKZE_SS from the Estonian Research Council, the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (Centre of Excellence FIBIR), the Estonian Doctoral School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences , and the institutional research funding from the Latvian Council of Science ( 06.1958 , 09.1432 , 09.1559 ) and the Latvian Ministry of Agriculture acting in accordance with Hunting Law, and in collaboration with Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment “BIOR”. Publisher Copyright: © 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.07.032 |
| ISSN: | 0304-4017 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure |
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