Achievements of the HERACLES Project on Cystic Echinococcosis

Adriano Casulli; Mar Siles-Lucas; Carmen Michaela Cretu; Kamena Vutova; Okan Akhan; Gulay Vural; Arantxa Cortés Ruiz; Enrico Brunetti; Francesca Tamarozzi

doi:10.1016/j.pt.2019.10.009

Achievements of the HERACLES Project on Cystic Echinococcosis

Trends Parasitol. 2020 Jan;36(1):1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.10.009. Epub 2019 Nov 18.

Authors

Adriano Casulli¹, Mar Siles-Lucas², Carmen Michaela Cretu³, Kamena Vutova⁴, Okan Akhan⁵, Gulay Vural⁶, Arantxa Cortés Ruiz⁷, Enrico Brunetti⁸, Francesca Tamarozzi⁹

Affiliations

¹ WHO Collaborating Centre for the Epidemiology, Detection and Control of Cystic and Alveolar Echinococcosis (in Animals and Humans), Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy; European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites, ISS, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: adriano.casulli@iss.it.
² Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Salamanca, CSIC, Spain.
³ C. Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
⁴ Specialised Hospital of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases 'Prof. Ivan Kirov', Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Tropical Diseases, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
⁶ Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.
⁷ Vircell, Granada, Spain.
⁸ Department of Clinical Surgical Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy; Division of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
⁹ WHO Collaborating Centre for the Epidemiology, Detection and Control of Cystic and Alveolar Echinococcosis (in Animals and Humans), Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy; European Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites, ISS, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 31753546
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.10.009

Abstract

The FP7 project 'Human Cystic Echinococcosis ReseArch in CentraL and Eastern Societies' (HERACLES), developed between 2013 and 2018 by nine partners in five countries, is one of the largest projects on cystic echinococcosis. Here we present the core HERACLES achievements, which should help to foster the translation of scientific investigations on health policies.

Keywords: cystic echinococcosis; international projects; international public health; multicentre studies.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Echinococcosis / epidemiology*
Echinococcosis / parasitology*
Echinococcosis / transmission
Echinococcus granulosus / genetics
Global Health / trends
Humans
Research / trends