title: Unexpected increase of alveolar echincoccosis, Austria, 2011.
abstract: In Central Europe, classical alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is endemic. Annual incidences in Austria were 2.4 and 2.8 cases/100,000 population during 1991-2000 and 2001-2010, respectively. Hence, the registration of 13 new AE patients in 2011 was unexpected. Increasing fox populations and past AE underreporting might have caused this increase.
authors.affiliation: Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Renate
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Horst
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aspöck
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Auer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001317:Austria / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Alveolar echinococcosis; Austria; Echinococcus multilocularis; helminth; incidence; parasites; tapeworm