Human alveolar echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Jul;19(7):1095-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1907.121405.

Abstract

Human echinococcosis is a reportable disease in Kyrgyzstan. Between 1995 and 2011, human alveolar echinococcosis increased from <3 cases per year to >60 cases per year. The origins of this epidemic, which started in 2004, may be linked to the socioeconomic changes that followed the dissolution of the former Soviet Union.

Keywords: Alveolar echinococcosis; Central Asia; Echinococcus multilocularis; Kyrgyzstan; emergence; parasites; tapeworms; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / parasitology
  • Echinococcosis
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / epidemiology*
  • Epidemics*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Kyrgyzstan / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sex Distribution
  • Young Adult

Supplementary concepts

  • Alveolar echinococcosis