Human alveolar echinococcosis in Poland: 1990-2011.

Background: Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) caused by Echinococcus multilocularis infections is a dangerous old disease in the Northern Hemisphere. The aim of the paper was to collect and analyze data on human AE in Poland in the last two decades.

Methodology/principal Findings: The sources of data were both the cases officially registered and detected by an active field and laboratory surveillance.

Terminology and practice in control of some parasitic zoonoses.

Some terminology, based on tradition and still widely used in practice, is still scientifically incorrect.

Control of neurocysticercosis by routine medical and veterinary services.

Taenia solium neurocysticercosis and ocular cysticercosis are two of the most devastating parasitic infections, which need to be controlled for medical and economic reasons. This paper discusses why control measures are not implemented adequately in endemic areas and proposes simple operational interventions, based on focus-oriented chemotherapy of T. solium taeniasis using existing health care infrastructure and improved collaboration between medical and veterinary services.

[Clinical epidemiology and prevention of zoonotic parasitic infections in humans. A review].

Multicentre and long standing (1964-2002) studies on clinical epidemiology of zoonotic parasitic invasions in humans and possibilities of its control in Poland are reviewed. The object of the studies were trichinellosis, taeniosis, giardiosis, toxoplasmosis, toxocarosis, as well as cystic and alveolar echinococcoses. In the control of these invasions very important was a close and long term cooperation of a clinical parasitological centre with veterinary scientific institutions and veterinary services in Poland as well as a collaboration between Polish parasitologists and leading parasitological centers in Europe and USA.

Role of chemotherapy of taeniasis in prevention of neurocysticercosis.

Neurocysticercosis (NC) is a serious public health problem in Taenia solium endemic areas and in some immigrants and international travelers. A key intervention in preventing NC is elimination of taeniasis by chemotherapy. Currently, two safe and effective taenicides, namely niclosamide and praziquantel, are available.

[Cystic echinococcosis (CE) in the Poznan region in the years 1990-2000].

The results of multidisciplinary studies on cystic echinococcosis (CE) in Poznan region, Poland carried out in 1990-2000, in co-operation with CDC, Atlanta GA, USA, are summarised as follows. The distinct focality of Echinococcus granulosus (Eg) infections has been demonstrated on some private farms rearing pigs (refs 12, 13). A reduction in Eg prevalence rates in pigs has been achieved, from 13.

[Toxocariasis in Poznan region, Poland, in years 1990-2000].

The results of multidisciplinary studies on toxocariasis in Poznan region, Poland carried out in 1990-2000 in co-operation with CDC, Atlanta GA, USA are summarised as follows. In Poznan region toxocariasis in dogs, cats and foxes is common. Environmental contamination with Toxocara spp.

[Toxoplasmosis in Poznan region, Poland 1990-2000].

The paper summarizes the results of the interdisciplinary studies on toxoplasmosis carried out in Poznan region, Poland. In the years 1990-2000 the specific Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity rates in pregnant women decreased from 58.9% to 43.

Identification of Taenia asiatica in China: molecular, morphological, and epidemiological analysis of a Luzhai isolate.

Multiple analysis has characterized a recently described tapeworm of people, Taenia asiatica, in mainland China. Six adult tapeworms collected from people of the Zhuang minority residing in the southern part of China (Luzhai isolate) were comparatively analyzed with other tapeworms from people: T. asiatica (n = 2, South Korea), T.