Parasite (Jan 2020)

International consensus on terminology to be used in the field of echinococcoses

  • Vuitton Dominique A.,
  • McManus Donald P.,
  • Rogan Michael T.,
  • Romig Thomas,
  • Gottstein Bruno,
  • Naidich Ariel,
  • Tuxun Tuerhongjiang,
  • Wen Hao,
  • Menezes da Silva Antonio,
  • Vuitton Dominique A.,
  • McManus Donald P.,
  • Romig Thomas,
  • Rogan Michael R.,
  • Gottstein Bruno,
  • Menezes da Silva Antonio,
  • Wen Hao,
  • Naidich Ariel,
  • Tuxun Tuerhongjiang,
  • Avcioglu Amza,
  • Boufana Belgees,
  • Budke Christine,
  • Casulli Adriano,
  • Güven Esin,
  • Hillenbrand Andreas,
  • Jalousian Fateme,
  • Jemli Mohamed Habib,
  • Knapp Jenny,
  • Laatamna Abdelkarim,
  • Lahmar Samia,
  • Naidich Ariel,
  • Rogan Michael T.,
  • Sadjjadi Seyed Mahmoud,
  • Schmidberger Julian,
  • Amri Manel,
  • Bellanger Anne-Pauline,
  • Benazzouz Sara,
  • Brehm Klaus,
  • Hillenbrand Andreas,
  • Jalousian Fateme,
  • Kachani Malika,
  • Labsi Moussa,
  • Masala Giovanna,
  • Menezes da Silva Antonio,
  • Sadjjadi Seyed Mahmoud,
  • Soufli Imene,
  • Touil-Boukoffa Chafia,
  • Wang Junhua,
  • Zeyhle Eberhard,
  • Aji Tuerganaili,
  • Akhan Okan,
  • Bresson-Hadni Solange,
  • Dziri Chadli,
  • Gräter Tilmann,
  • Grüner Beate,
  • Haïf Assia,
  • Hillenbrand Andreas,
  • Koch Stéphane,
  • Rogan Michael T.,
  • Tamarozzi Francesca,
  • Tuxun Tuerhongjiang,
  • Giraudoux Patrick,
  • Torgerson Paul,
  • Vizcaychipi Katherina,
  • Xiao Ning,
  • Altintas Nazmiye,
  • Lin Renyong,
  • Millon Laurence,
  • Zhang Wenbao,
  • Achour Karima,
  • Fan Haining,
  • Junghanss Thomas,
  • Mantion Georges A.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2020024
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27
p. 41

Abstract

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Echinococcoses require the involvement of specialists from nearly all disciplines; standardization of the terminology used in the field is thus crucial. To harmonize echinococcosis terminology on sound scientific and linguistic grounds, the World Association of Echinococcosis launched a Formal Consensus process. Under the coordination of a Steering and Writing Group (SWG), a Consultation and Rating Group (CRG) had the main missions of (1) providing input on the list of terms drafted by the SWG, taking into account the available literature and the participants’ experience; and (2) providing independent rating on all debated terms submitted to vote. The mission of the Reading and Review Group (RRG) was to give an opinion about the recommendation paper in terms of readability, acceptability and applicability. The main achievements of this process were: (1) an update of the current nomenclature of Echinococcus spp.; (2) an agreement on three names of diseases due to Echinococcus spp.: Cystic Echinococcosis (CE), Alveolar Echinococcosis (AE) and Neotropical Echinococcosis (NE), and the exclusion of all other names; (3) an agreement on the restricted use of the adjective “hydatid” to refer to the cyst and fluid due to E. granulosus sensu lato; and (4) an agreement on a standardized description of the surgical operations for CE, according to the “Approach, cyst Opening, Resection, and Completeness” (AORC) framework. In addition, 95 “approved” and 60 “rejected” terms were listed. The recommendations provided in this paper will be applicable to scientific publications in English and communication with professionals. They will be used for translation into other languages spoken in endemic countries.

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