Abstract
AbstractEchinococcosis is a life-threatening neglected zoonotic disease. Cystic echinococcosis (CE) due to Echinococcus (E.) granulosus usually involves livestock and dogs; alveolar echinococcosis (AE) due to E. multilocularis involves rodents and canines such as foxes and dogs. Human hosts are infected accidentally via hand to mouth and/or foodborne/waterborne pathways. Albania is deemed to be endemic for cystic echinococcosis (CE), but there is a scarcity of data to confirm this. A systematic literature search was performed in PubMed, Google Scholar, and in other medical sources. Because of the scarcity of existing information, data confirming CE cases were reviewed from the medical hospital records of Albania’s largest Hospital, the Mother Teresa University Hospital (UHCMT) Tirana, and from a large private laboratory in Tirana (Pegasus laboratory). A total of eight eligible publications on 540 CE patients were found. Three hundred forty seven additional cases hospitalized in UHCMT from 2011 to 2020 were confirmed, as well as 36 laboratory cases and 10 Albanian cases notified in Germany. Taking all cases into account and considering 162 overlapping cases, 771 cases were documented from 2011 to 2020. The only case reported as AE was most likely a multi-organic CE. Surgery was the most frequent therapy approach used (84.7%). Autochthonous human CE seems to be widespread, and transmission is ongoing in Albania. CE patients in Albania undergo surgery more frequently compared with CE cases in other European countries. In order to establish a realistic estimate of prevalence and incidence of CE in Albania, mandatory notification should be reinforced. Stage-specific therapy can be used in CE to reduce therapy cost and diminish mortality by avoiding surgical overtreatment.
Funder
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Insect Science,General Veterinary,General Medicine,Parasitology
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