TY - JOUR
T1 - Evidence of low prevalence of cystic echinococcosis in the Catanzaro Province, Calabria Region, Italy
AU - Manciulli, Tommaso
AU - Serraino, Riccardo
AU - D'Alessandro, Gian Luca
AU - Cattaneo, Letizia
AU - Mariconti, Mara
AU - Vola, Ambra
AU - Taccari, Francesco
AU - Narra, Roberta
AU - de Vito, Giuseppe
AU - Trecarichi, Enrico Maria
AU - Mazzitelli, Maria
AU - Matera, Giovanni
AU - Casulli, Adriano
AU - Marascio, Nadia
AU - Brunetti, Enrico
AU - Tamarozzi, Francesca
AU - Torti, Carlo
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial support: This research was funded by ERANet L. A. C. (grant ELAC2015/T080544 to E. B. and A. C.) and the Italian Ministry of Health—NDTND project.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2020 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is one of the neglected tropical diseases recognized by the WHO. Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato affects more than 1 million people worldwide and is responsible for high costs in the healthcare system. A clear knowledge of the prevalence of CE and its clinical characteristics could have an important impact on the approach to its diagnosis and to the public health planning of treatment and control interventions. We performed a prevalence study in four municipalities of Catanzaro Province, South Italy. This area is considered to be at high risk of CE because of ovine breeding. We screened by abdominal ultrasound 2,426 volunteers, four of whom had abdominal CE. Given the need for prevention and control programs for CE in endemic areas of Italy, a detailed mapping of prevalence of CE, to complement data obtained through hospital discharge records, appears imperative.
AB - Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is one of the neglected tropical diseases recognized by the WHO. Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato affects more than 1 million people worldwide and is responsible for high costs in the healthcare system. A clear knowledge of the prevalence of CE and its clinical characteristics could have an important impact on the approach to its diagnosis and to the public health planning of treatment and control interventions. We performed a prevalence study in four municipalities of Catanzaro Province, South Italy. This area is considered to be at high risk of CE because of ovine breeding. We screened by abdominal ultrasound 2,426 volunteers, four of whom had abdominal CE. Given the need for prevention and control programs for CE in endemic areas of Italy, a detailed mapping of prevalence of CE, to complement data obtained through hospital discharge records, appears imperative.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0119
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0119
M3 - Article
C2 - 32975181
AN - SCOPUS:85096228268
VL - 103
SP - 1951
EP - 1954
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
SN - 0002-9637
IS - 5
ER -