Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2020)

Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Croatia

  • Davorka Dušek,
  • Adriana Vince,
  • Ivan Kurelac,
  • Neven Papić,
  • Klaudija Višković,
  • Peter Deplazes,
  • Relja Beck

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2602.181826
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 2
pp. 364 – 366

Abstract

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Alveolar echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by the tapeworm larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis. This zoonotic disease has not been known to occur in Croatia. We report a confirmed case of human alveolar echinococcosis in a patient in Croatia who had never visited a known E. multilocularis–endemic area.

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