Notes on cystic echinococcosis in the Mediterranean.
Cystic Echinococcosis (CE), caused by Echinococcus granulosus, is present from the beginning of history and in the Mediterranean it is linked to the dog-sheep cycle. The Mediterranean area possesses many features favouring CE. Positive and negative influences derived from the action of the European Community and from recent developments. The control measures of CE have political, economic, public health and environmental implications. Dog population and dog-transmitted zoonoses control, improvement of slaughtering procedures and the destruction of infected viscera, health education, interprofessional cooperation are able individually to constitute a contraposition to CE and combined to compose a control program. Epidemiological surveillance and control of CE in the Mediterranean are coordinated by the WHO Mediterranean Zoonoses Control Centre of Athens.
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WHO/FAO Collaborating Centre for Veterinary Public Health, Rome, Italy. adaer@tin.it
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