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Epidemiology of human alveolar echinococcosis in ChinaPhilip S Craig
Bioscience Research Institute, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, M54WT, UK
Parasitol Int 55:S221-5. 2006....- Intestinal cestodesPhilip Craig
Cestode Zoonoses Research Group, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute and School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK
Curr Opin Infect Dis 20:524-32. 2007..This review summarizes the biology, clinical aspects, diagnosis, treatment and epidemiology for the common and rarer (zoonotic) intestinal cestodes of humans... - Echinococcosis and Tibetan communitiesPhilip S Craig
Emerg Infect Dis 14:1674-5. 2008 - Human cases of simultaneous echinococcosis and tuberculosis - significance and extent in ChinaYu Rong Yang
Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
Parasit Vectors 2:53. 2009.... - An epidemiological and ecological study of human alveolar echinococcosis transmission in south Gansu, ChinaP S Craig
Cestode Zoonoses Research Group, Division of Biological Sciences, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, The Crescent, M5 4WT, Salford, UK
Acta Trop 77:167-77. 2000..This in turn probably results in creation of optimal peri-domestic habitats for rodents that serve as intermediate host species (such as M. limnophilus) and subsequent development of a peri-domestic cycle involving dogs... - Echinococcus multilocularisPhilip Craig
Bioscience Research Institute and School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 4WT, UK
Curr Opin Infect Dis 16:437-44. 2003..The present review summarizes the background to this helminthic infection and recent contributions in areas of pathology, diagnosis, treatment and transmission... - Canine echinococcosis in northwest Libya: assessment of coproantigen ELISA, and a survey of infection with analysis of risk-factorsI E Buishi
Cestode Zoonoses Research Group, Bioscience Research Institute and School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4WT, UK
Vet Parasitol 130:223-32. 2005..Home slaughtering of livestock and lack of knowledge about E. granulosus transmission were also significant risk factors for a canine coproantigen positive result... - Spatial modelling and ecology of Echinococcus multilocularis transmission in ChinaF Mark Danson
Centre for Environmental Systems Research and Biosciences Research Institute, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Manchester M5 4WT, UK
Parasitol Int 55:S227-31. 2006..multilocularis with particular reference to China, outlines current research issues, and describes a framework for building a spatial-temporal model of transmission ecology... - Hydatid cysts: does every picture tell a story?Michael T Rogan
Cestode Zoonoses Research Group, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK
Trends Parasitol 22:431-8. 2006..At a community level, the relative proportions of cyst types could also provide epidemiological information on disease transmission... - Coproantigens in taeniasis and echinococcosisJames C Allan
Cestode Zoonoses Research Group, Bioscience Research Institute University of Salford, UK
Parasitol Int 55:S75-80. 2006.... - Evaluation of three PCR assays for the identification of the sheep strain (genotype 1) of Echinococcus granulosus in canid feces and parasite tissuesBelgees S Boufana
Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Salford, United Kingdom
Am J Trop Med Hyg 78:777-83. 2008..Improvement of PCR tests for Echinococcus species and subspecific variants should rely on the use of less-conserved genes and development of protocols that improve the quality and quantity of DNA extracted from feces... - Prevention and control of cystic echinococcosisPhilip S Craig
Cestode Zoonoses Research Group, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, UK
Lancet Infect Dis 7:385-94. 2007..Incorporation of these new measures could increase the efficiency of hydatid control programmes, potentially reducing the time required to achieve effective prevention of disease transmission to as little as 5-10 years... - Reemergence of canine Echinococcus granulosus infection, WalesImad Buishi
University of Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Emerg Infect Dis 11:568-71. 2005..When these data are compared to those of a previous pilot hydatid control program in the area (1983-1989), an increase in transmission to humans appears probable... - Usefulness of severe combined immunodeficiency (scid) and inbred mice for studies of cysticercosis and echinococcosisKazuhiro Nakaya
Animal Laboratory for Medical Research, Asahikawa Medical College, Hokkaido, Japan
Parasitol Int 55:S91-7. 2006..The advantages of a mouse model for Echinococcus granulosus are also described... - Serological prevalence of echinococcosis and risk factors for infection among children in rural communities of southern Ningxia, ChinaYu Rong Yang
Ningxia Medical College, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, PR China
Trop Med Int Health 13:1086-94. 2008..To assess the usefulness of serology as an indicator of Echinococcus transmission for developing preventive measures against echinococcosis in rural communities... - Transmission ecology of Echinococcus multilocularis: what are the ranges of parasite stability among various host communities in China?Patrick Giraudoux
Department of Environmental Biology EA3184 usc INRA, Universite de Franche Comte, Place Leclerc, 25030 Besancon Cedex, France
Parasitol Int 55:S237-46. 2006..However, currently the degree of genetic exchange between discrete transmission foci is unknown and it is expected that genetic techniques could provide crucial information regarding this important question... - Echinococcosis in Tibetan populations, western Sichuan Province, ChinaLi Tiaoying
Sichuan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
Emerg Infect Dis 11:1866-73. 2005..1%, whereas AE prevalence ranged from 0% to 14.3%. Risk factors associated with both infections included the number of owned dogs, frequency of contact with dogs, and sources of drinking water... - Unique family clustering of human echinococcosis cases in a chinese communityYu Rong Yang
Ningxia Medical College, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
Am J Trop Med Hyg 74:487-94. 2006..Although suggestive that host genotype might play a role in susceptibility to AE, this hypothesis requires further investigation... - Post-survey follow-up for human cystic echinococcosis in northwest ChinaYunhai Wang
Department of General Surgery, First University Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, PR China
Acta Trop 98:43-51. 2006..At least one persistent seropositive case with an isolated hepatic calcification was considered to be abortive CE... - Pasture types and Echinococcus multilocularis, Tibetan communitiesQian Wang
Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan, People s Republic of China
Emerg Infect Dis 12:1008-10. 2006..This characteristic was linked to a higher prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in dogs and indicates that pasture type may affect E. multilocularis transmission... - Species identification of human echinococcosis using histopathology and genotyping in northwestern ChinaTiaoying Li
Sichuan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 102:585-90. 2008.... - Dual infection of animal hosts with different Echinococcus species in the eastern Qinghai-Tibet plateau region of ChinaNing Xiao
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan
Am J Trop Med Hyg 75:292-4. 2006..shiquicus in the liver. The high susceptibility of some mammalian hosts to the parasites and the high prevalence of the three co-endemic species probably increase the chance of mixed infections in the eastern Tibetan plateau... - Echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, northwest ChinaYu Rong Yang
Ningxia Medical College, Yinchuan, 750004, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, The Peoples Republic of China
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 102:319-28. 2008.... - Impact of overgrazing on the transmission of Echinococcus multilocularis in Tibetan pastoral communities of Sichuan Province, ChinaQian Wang
Sichuan Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China
Chin Med J (Engl) 120:237-42. 2007..This research tested the hypothesis that overgrazing might promote Echinococcus multilocularis transmission through increasing populations of small mammal, intermediate hosts in Tibetan pastoral communities... - Echinococcus shiquicus, a new species from the Qinghai-Tibet plateau region of China: discovery and epidemiological implicationsNing Xiao
Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China
Parasitol Int 55:S233-6. 2006..E. shiquicus has been found at other areas surveyed on the plateau; however, no infections in humans caused by E. shiquicus have been yet identified... - Copro-diagnosis of Echinococcus granulosus infection in dogs by amplification of a newly identified repeated DNA sequenceIbrahim Abbasi
Department of Parasitology, The Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Am J Trop Med Hyg 69:324-30. 2003..granulosus-infected dogs. It is suggested that this copro-PCR assay has the potential for pre-mortem diagnosis of E. granulosus infection even in areas where E. granulosus and E. multilocularis are co-endemic... - Short report: Identification of Echinococcus species from a yak in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau region of ChinaNing Xiao
Department of Parasitology and Animal Laboratory for Medical Research, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan
Am J Trop Med Hyg 69:445-6. 2003..Nucleotide sequences of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) and cytochrome b (cytb) genes amplified from the echinococcal lesion demonstrated that the yak was infected with the E. granulosus G1 genotype (sheep strain)... - Evaluation of use of recombinant Em18 and affinity-purified Em18 for serological differentiation of alveolar echinococcosis from cystic echinococcosis and other parasitic infectionsNing Xiao
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan and Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Clin Microbiol 41:3351-3. 2003..The results indicate that rEm18 is highly useful for serodiagnosis... - Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, ChinaYu Rong Yang
Ningxia Medical College, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
Bull World Health Organ 84:714-21. 2006..CONCLUSION: Echinococcosis continues to be a severe public health problem in this part of China because of unhygienic practices/habits and poor knowledge among the communities regarding this disease... - Canine echinococcosis in northern Jordan: increased prevalence and dominance of sheep/dog strainKhaled M Al-Qaoud
Department of Biological Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
Parasitol Res 90:187-91. 2003..9:1.0. Strain analysis of E. granulosus using random primers revealed the dominance of the G1 strain (sheep/dog strain) in the region. Only one dog harbored another E. granulosus strain, which resembled the G4 strain pattern... - Fenced pasture: a possible risk factor for human alveolar echinococcosis in Tibetan pastoralist communities of Sichuan, ChinaQian Wang
WHO Collaborating Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Alveolar Echinococcosis SERF and LBE Usc INRA research units Université de Franche Comté 25030 Besançon, France
Acta Trop 90:285-93. 2004..Overgrazing may have been exacerbated by the reduction of communal pastures nearby the settlements due to introduction of partial fencing around group tenure pastures acquired by Tibetan pastoralist families... - Immunodiagnostic tools for taeniasisJames C Allan
Veterinary Medicine Licensing and Business Development, Pfizer Ltd, Sandwich CT13 9NJ, UK
Acta Trop 87:87-93. 2003..Work is ongoing to further improve these assays... - Control of echinococcosis and cysticercosis: a public health challenge to international cooperation in ChinaAkira Ito
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa 078 8510, Japan
Acta Trop 86:3-17. 2003..Plans on for the control of echinococcosis and cysticercosis in China are summarized... - Evaluation of three enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for the detection of serum antibodies in sheep infected with Echinococcus granulosusReinhold Kittelberger
National Centre for Disease Investigation, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, PO Box 40742, Ward Street, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Vet Parasitol 110:57-76. 2002..granulosus... - Combined ultrasound and serologic screening for hepatic alveolar echinococcosis in central ChinaGitte Bartholomot
WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Treatment of Echinococcosis, University of Franche-Comt, , France
Am J Trop Med Hyg 66:23-9. 2002..A typical lesion of progressive AE was found in 84 subjects (3.4%). Serologies were positive in 77 (96%) of 80 of patients who had lesions typical of progressive AE. Ultrasound is useful for screening for AE in endemic regions... - Simultaneous alveolar and cystic echinococcosis of the liverYu Rong Yang
Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, Q4006, Australia
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 100:597-600. 2006.... - Modeling the transmission of Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis in dogs for a high endemic region of the Tibetan plateauChristine M Budke
Institute of Parasitology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 266a, CH 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
Int J Parasitol 35:163-70. 2005..29-0.77, infections per year for E. multilocularis assuming a 5 month parasite lifespan or 0.85, with a 95% credibility interval of 0.47-1.25 infections per year, assuming a 3 month E. multilocularis lifespan in dogs... - Echinococcosis, Ningxia, ChinaYu Rong Yang
Emerg Infect Dis 11:1314-6. 2005 - Echinococcus shiquicus n. sp., a taeniid cestode from Tibetan fox and plateau pika in ChinaNing Xiao
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan
Int J Parasitol 35:693-701. 2005..Hydatid cysts of E. shiquicus found in the livers from the pikas were essentially unilocular but an oligovesicular cyst was also found. The data of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences proved E. shiquicus to be a valid taxon... - Towards the international collaboration for detection, surveillance and control of taeniasis/ cysticercosis and echinococcosis in Asia and the PacificAkira Ito
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 37:82-90. 2006.... - Retrospective surgical incidence and case distribution of cystic echinococcosis in Jordan between 1994 and 2000Khaled M Al-Qaoud
Department of Biological Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
Acta Trop 87:207-14. 2003..The frequency of CE recurrence was 27.5% of the cases, which may be attributed to the low use of chemotherapeutic antihelminthics among surgically treated cases... - Immunodiagnostic and molecular approaches for the detection of taeniid cestode infectionsAkira Ito
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan
Trends Parasitol 19:377-81. 2003..In addition, the use of molecular approaches for strain identification and control of parasite transmission is discussed... - Taeniasis/cysticercosis in a Tibetan population in Sichuan Province, ChinaTiaoying Li
Sichuan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 6 Middle School Road, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, People s Republic of China
Acta Trop 100:223-31. 2006..In addition, three taeniasis cases were confirmed by DNA genotyping as Taenia asiatica, which is the first report of this tapeworm in Tibetans, the first report for Sichuan Province and only the third report for mainland China... - Taeniasis and cysticercosis in Bali and North Sumatra, IndonesiaToni Wandra
Directorate General, Communicable Disease Control and Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, Indonesia
Parasitol Int 55:S155-60. 2006..solium is also highly reliable to detect taeniasis carriers in the community. Epidemiological data from these two islands 2002-2005 are reviewed with backgrounds of historical culture, religions and customs... - Taeniasis/cysticercosis in Papua (Irian Jaya), IndonesiaSri S Margono
Department Research and Community Service, University of Indonesia
Parasitol Int 55:S143-8. 2006..Lifestyle, religion, and socioeconomic aspects are important issues in the perpetuation and enhancing the endemicity of T. solium taeniasis and cysticercosis in Papua, Indonesia... - A hospital-based retrospective survey of human cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, PR ChinaYu Rong Yang
Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia
Acta Trop 97:284-91. 2006..The data from the hospital retrospective study are clearly underestimates and community surveys are required to determine the true echinococcosis prevalence levels, especially in the more remote areas of NHAR... - Echinococcus multilocularis: developmental stage-specific expression of Antigen B 8-kDa-subunitsWulamu Mamuti
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan
Exp Parasitol 113:75-82. 2006..multilocularis vesicles, protoscoleces, and immature adult worms. Possible functions of different expression manners are also discussed... - Human cystic echinococcosis: evaluation of post-treatment serologic follow-up by IgG subclass antibody detectionStephen D Lawn
Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom
Am J Trop Med Hyg 70:329-35. 2004..During post-treatment follow up, the IgG2 antibody response provided the best correlate of disease activity... - Molecular cloning, expression, and serological evaluation of an 8-kilodalton subunit of antigen B from Echinococcus multilocularisWulamu Mamuti
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan
J Clin Microbiol 42:1082-8. 2004..There was no cross-reaction with sera from patients with cysticercosis, which often cross-react when native antigens are used for serodiagnosis... - Socioeconomic and behavior risk factors of human alveolar echinococcosis in Tibetan communities in Sichuan, People's Republic of ChinaQian Wang
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis, Santé et Environnement Rural Université de Franche Comté, Besancon, France
Am J Trop Med Hyg 74:856-62. 2006.... - DNA differential diagnosis of taeniasis and cysticercosis by multiplex PCRHiroshi Yamasaki
Department of Parasitology Animal Laboratory for Medical Research, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan
J Clin Microbiol 42:548-53. 2004..saginata carriers. The application of the multiplex PCR would be useful not only for surveillance of taeniasis and cysticercosis control but also for the molecular epidemiological survey of these cestode infections... - The Tibetan hare Lepus oiostolus: a novel intermediate host for Echinococcus multilocularisNing Xiao
Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Midorigaoka-Higashi 2-1, 078-8510 Asahikawa, Japan
Parasitol Res 92:352-3. 2004..This is the first confirmation of larval E. multilocularis from hares. The hydatids contained protoscolices, suggesting that the hare may contribute to the transmission of E. multilocularis on the Tibetan plateau... - Vaccination with recombinant oncosphere antigens reduces the susceptibility of sheep to infection with Taenia multicepsCharles Gauci
The University of Melbourne, Department of Veterinary Science, Werribee, VIC 3030, Australia
Int J Parasitol 38:1041-50. 2008..They raise the potential for the development of a combined vaccine with the Echinococcus granulosus EG95 antigen for prevention of T. multiceps as well as preventing the transmission of cystic hydatid disease...
Research Grants
- PARASITIC ZOONOSIS (ECHINOCOCCOSIS) TRANSMISSION IN CHINPhilip Craig; Fiscal Year: 2003..Predictive models will be tested in the two regional sites in China. ..
- Ecosystem disturbance and multiscale transmission of a zoonotic wildlife pathogenPhilip Craig; Fiscal Year: 2007....