Echinococcosis: a review
International Journal of Infectious Diseases·
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.03.037
- PMID
- 18938096
- PMCID
- —
- OpenAlex
- W2083916601
- Study type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
Echinococcosis is presented as an important zoonotic public health problem in multiple countries and as an emerging or re-emerging disease in several others.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
The review addresses the biology, life cycle, distribution, transmission, epidemiology, clinical presentation, treatment, and diagnosis of human echinococcosis.
Study design
This is a peer-reviewed narrative review; no specific review methods or search strategy are described in the supplied abstract.
Population and setting
Human echinococcosis caused by larval Echinococcus cestodes is the principal population context. Several countries are described as affected, but no countries, age groups, or care settings are specified.
Main findings
The abstract reports development of more sensitive and specific diagnostic methods and effective therapeutic approaches over the prior 10 years. It also states that control progress has been limited and that echinococcosis remains a major public health problem in several countries while emerging or re-emerging in others.
Public-health relevance
Echinococcosis is presented as an important zoonotic public health problem in multiple countries and as an emerging or re-emerging disease in several others.
Important limitations
The supplied evidence is limited to one review’s abstract and metadata. The abstract does not report the review search strategy, study selection, geographic detail, quantitative evidence, or explicit methodological limitations; the original paper is needed for decision-grade interpretation.
GIDS interpretation
The article is discoverable in GIDS through echinococcosis and classifier topics including transmission dynamics, One Health, diagnostics, and treatment. Its metadata concerns a 2009 review and does not establish or describe a current surveillance signal.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 12 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.