European echinococcosis registry: human alveolar echinococcosis, Europe, 1982-2000.

摘要: Surveillance for alveolar echinococcosis in central Europe was initiated 1998. On a voluntary basis, 559 patients were reported to the registry. Most cases originated from rural communities regions eastern France western Austria; single far away disease-"endemic" zone throughout Europe. Of 210 patients, 61.4% involved vocational or part-time farming, gardening, forestry, hunting. Patients diagnosed at mean age of 52.5 years; 78% had symptoms. Alveolar primarily manifested as liver disease. 190 (34%) already affected by spread parasitic larval tissue. 408 (73%) alive 2000, 4.9% cured. The increasing prevalence Echinococcus multilocularis foxes and urban areas occurrence outside echinococcosis-endemic suggest that this disease deserves increased attention.