Ultrasound-based evaluation of the prevalence of abdominal cystic echinococcosis in the Turkestan region of Kazakhstan.

Aigerim MustapayevaGian Luca D'AlessandroGaukhar DoszhanovaAgnese ColpaniNurbol SadybekovZhasulan BaimakhanovErnar AssanovSamat SalybekovShokan KaniyevErbol SerikulyLyazzat TagabayevaChristine M BudkeAmbra Vola Mara MaricontiAnnalisa De SilvestriSofyia YalishevaAinur SadykovaZhamilya ZholdybayAdil KatarbayevZhanar ZhakenovaEnrico BrunettiKonrad JuszkiewiczAmangul DuisenovaTommaso Manciulli

Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2021)

CE is endemic in the study region, with ongoing transmission. The number of surgically treated CE patients suggests an underestimation of the disease burden by the current surveillance system. Further studies on local CE epidemiology and the implementation of expert treatment recommendations are needed.

Keyphrases

risk factors
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