

@article {2923,
	title = {European echinococcosis registry: human alveolar echinococcosis, {Europe}, 1982-2000},
	journal = {Emerging Infectious Diseases},
	volume = {9},
	number = {3},
	year = {2003},
	month = {mar},
	pages = {343{\textendash}349},
	abstract = {Surveillance for alveolar echinococcosis in central Europe was initiated in 1998. On a voluntary basis, 559 patients were reported to the registry. Most cases originated from rural communities in regions from eastern France to western Austria; single cases were reported far away from the disease-"endemic" zone throughout central Europe. Of 210 patients, 61.4\% were involved in vocational or part-time farming, gardening, forestry, or hunting. Patients were diagnosed at a mean age of 52.5 years; 78\% had symptoms. Alveolar echinococcosis primarily manifested as a liver disease. Of the 559 patients, 190 (34\%) were already affected by spread of the parasitic larval tissue. Of 408 (73\%) patients alive in 2000, 4.9\% were cured. The increasing prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in foxes in rural and urban areas of central Europe and the occurrence of cases outside the alveolar echinococcosis-endemic regions suggest that this disease deserves increased attention.},
	keywords = {80 and over, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Animals, Child, Echinococcosis, Echinococcus, Europe, Female, Foxes, Hepatic, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Occupations, Preschool, prevalence, Registries},
	issn = {1080-6040},
	doi = {10.3201/eid0903.020341},
	author = {Kern, Petra and Bardonnet, Karine and Renner, Elisabeth and Auer, Herbert and Pawlowski, Zbigniew and Ammann, Rudolf W. and Vuitton, Dominique A. and Kern, Peter and European Echinococcosis Registry}
}
