Risk Factors and the Character of Clinical Course of the Infection in Patients in Poland.

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a chronic zoonotic disease caused by the larval form of . In humans, it may become a serious chronic infection of the liver which resembles a slow malignant process leading to death when untreated. The aim of the study was an assessment of the risk factors of the infections and the description of AE clinical course in the group of 36 patients with confirmed AE, hospitalized at the Department and Clinic of Tropical and Parasitic Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences between 2013 and 2022.

Case of Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria in Poland Linked to Travel in Southeast Asia.

We report a case of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria imported to central Europe from Southeast Asia. Laboratory suspicion of P. knowlesi infection was based on the presence of atypical developmental forms of the parasite in Giemsa-stained microscopic smears.