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Case Reports
. 2020 Feb;26(2):364-366.
doi: 10.3201/eid2602.181826.

Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Croatia

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

Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Croatia

Davorka Dušek et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Feb.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Croatia; Echinococcus multilocularis; echinococcosis; emerging diseases; human; parasites; parasitic diseases; tapeworms; zoonoses; zoonotic diseases.

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Computed tomography scan of a patient diagnosed with alveolar echinococcosis, Croatia. Arrows indicate right pleural effusion, lung lesions, an enlarged right adrenal gland, and a 13 × 12 × 12 cm lesion in the liver caused by Echinococcus multilocaris.
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