Human Alveolar Echinococcosis in Poland: 1990–2011

Nahorski, W; Knap, J; Pawłowski, Z.; Krawczyk, Marek; Polański, Jerzy A.; Stefaniak, Jerzy; Patkowski, Waldemar; Szostakowska, Beata; Pietkiewicz, Halina; Grzeszczuk, Anna; Felczak-Korzybska, Iwona; Gołąb, Elżbieta; Wnukowska, Natalia; Paul, Małgorzata; Kacprzak, E.; Sokolewicz-Bobrowska, E; Niścigorska-Olsen, Jolanta; Czyrznikowska, Aleksandra; Chomicz, Lidia; Cielecka, Danuta; Myjak, P

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001986

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“…Especially because the problem of human AE in Poland is present. From 1990-2011, more than 120 human cases of AE were detected (Nahorski et al 2013) and new cases have been registered since then (Gołąb and Czarkowski 2014).…”

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First detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in dogs in a highly endemic area of Poland

Karamon¹,

Samorek-Pieróg²,

Kochanowski³

et al. 2016

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Abstract:The aim of the investigation was to estimate the epizootic situation concerning infection by the cestode Echinococcus multilocularis Leuckart, 1863 in dogs (Canis lupus familiaris Linnaeus) from a Polish region where this parasite is highly prevalent in red foxes. Faecal samples (n = 148) were collected from rural dogs in Podkarpackie Province. Samples were examined through nested PCR (for E. multilocularis), multiplex PCR (E. multilocularis, species of Taenia Linnaeus, 1758) and PCR [E. granulosus (Batsch, 1786)]. Specific products were sequenced. Faeces were also examined coproscopically. In samples from two dogs (1.4%), there were positive PCR results for E. multilocularis. Taenia-specific PCR products were found in nine dogs (6.1%). Sequencing identified Taenia serialis (Gervais, 1847), T. hydatigena Pallas, 1766, T. pisiformis (Bloch, 1780) and Hydatigera taeniaeformis (Batsch, 1786). One sample (0.7%) was identified as Mesocestoides litteratus (Batsch, 1786). All samples were negative for E. granulosus with PCR. Taking into account coproscopic and PCR results, 28% of dogs were infected with helminths (8% with tapeworms). It should be stressed that one of the infected with E. multilocularis dogs shed eggs of the Taenia type and had a habit of preying on rodents. This investigation revealed the presence of E. multilocularis in dogs for the first time in Poland.

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First detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in dogs in a highly endemic area of Poland

Karamon¹,

Samorek-Pieróg²,

Kochanowski³

et al. 2016

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“…In some communities in China the disease has a very high local burden (Budke et al, 2004). In Europe and central Asia the disease appears to be emerging in some localities (Schweiger et al, 2007, Nahorski et al 2013Ussymbaeva et al, 2013 ). The global burden of disease has been estimated at about 666,000 DALYs per year and thus the impact is high -mainly due to the high mortality rate as the number of new cases per year is approximately 18,000.…”

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One world health: Socioeconomic burden and parasitic disease control priorities

Torgerson¹

2013

Veterinary Parasitology

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Parasitic diseases present a considerable socio-economic impact to society. Zoonotic parasites can result in a considerable burden of disease in humans and substantive economic losses to livestock populations. Ameliorating the effects of these diseases may consist of attempts at eradicating specific diseases at a global level, eliminating them at a national or local level or controlling the disease to minimise incidence. Alternatively with some parasitic zoonoses it may only be possible to treat human and animal cases as they arise. The choice of approach will be determined by the potential effectiveness of a disease control programme, its cost and the cost effectiveness or cost benefit of undertaking the intervention. Furthermore human disease burden is being increasingly measured by egalitarian nonfinancial measures which do not sit comfortably with measurements of economic costs in livestock.This adds additional challenges to assessing socio-economic burdens of zoonotic diseases. Using examples from the group of neglected zoonotic diseases, information regarding the socio-economic effects of these diseases are reviewed and the use of this information in decision making with regard to control and treatment of these diseases is discussed.

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“…In a recent study in Poland, E. multilocularis was found in relatively high percentages in red foxes -in some provinces the prevalence reached up to approximately 50% (Karamon et al 2014(Karamon et al , 2015. Moreover, more than one hundred cases of human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) were described (Nahorski et al 2013) -a relatively small number in comparison to the high prevalence of the parasite in red foxes. However, it must be stressed that most human AE records in Poland were detected sporadically and not in a planned monitoring study.…”

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Genetic diversity of Echinococcus multilocularis in red foxes in Poland: the first report of a haplotype of probable Asian origin

Karamon¹,

Stojecki²,

Samorek-Pieróg³

et al. 2017

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Abstract:The aim of the present study was to estimate the genetic diversity of the cestode Echinococcus multilocularis Leuckart, 1863 in Poland based on sequence analysis of the mitochondrial genes of worms isolated from red foxes, Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus). Overall, 83 adults of E. multilocularis from the same number of foxes in different parts of Poland were used for analysis. Sequences of the three mitochondrial genes, cytochrome b (cob), NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (nad2) and cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1), were analysed. Seventy-four individual biological samples were successfully sequenced. Combined sequence analysis of these three genes exhibited fifteen Polish haplotypes (EmPL1-EmPL15). Most isolates (n = 29; 39%) were classified to the EmPL1 haplotype, which occurred mainly in the east, north and centre of Poland. Haplotype EmPL4 (n = 14; 19%) and other haplotypes appeared predominantly in the south and west area. Fourteen haplotypes were grouped in the European clade. One Polish haplotype (EmPL9) (n = 7, 10%) was assigned to the Asian clade with haplotypes from Japan and Kazakhstan. This haplotype was found only in northeast Poland and this is the westernmost report of haplotype of E. multilocularis belonging to the Asian clade in Europe. The investigation demonstrated that populations of E. multilocularis in Poland (and probably also in eastern Europe) included not only different European haplotypes but also those of the Asian origin.

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Human Alveolar Echinococcosis in Poland: 1990–2011

Cited by 63 publications

References 18 publications

First detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in dogs in a highly endemic area of Poland

First detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in dogs in a highly endemic area of Poland

One world health: Socioeconomic burden and parasitic disease control priorities

Genetic diversity of Echinococcus multilocularis in red foxes in Poland: the first report of a haplotype of probable Asian origin

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