Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Czech Republic, 2007–2014
Libuše Kolářová, Jana Matějů, Jiří Hrdý, Hana Kolářová, Lubomíra Hozáková, Vita Žampachová, Herbert Auer, František Stejskal
DOI: 10.3201/eid2112.150743
Klíčová slova: Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, AE
Anotace: Human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by larvae of Echinococcus multilocularis tapeworms that manifests most often in the host’s liver, although it can infect the lungs, brain, and other organs. Clinical symptoms usually develop after a long incubation period (5–15 years), causing considerable diagnostic difficulties and delay in treatment. The disease is reported in all countries neighboring the Czech Republic: Slovakia, Poland, Austria, and Germany (1,2). To complete data from central Europe, we present results on the occurrence of AE in the Czech Republic collected by the National Reference Laboratory for Tissue Helminthoses during 2007–2014
Citace: KOLÁŘOVÁ, Libuše, Jana MATĚJŮ, Jiří HRDÝ, Hana KOLÁŘOVÁ, Lubomíra HOZÁKOVÁ, Vita ŽAMPACHOVÁ, Herbert AUER a František STEJSKAL. Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Czech Republic, 2007–2014. Emerging Infectious Diseases: a peer-reviewed journal tracking and analyzing disease trends. Atlanta: National Center for Infectious Diseases, 2015, 21(12), 2263-2265. ISSN 1080-6040. Dostupné z: doi:10.3201/eid2112.150743