title: Human alveolar echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan.
abstract: Human echinococcosis is a reportable disease in Kyrgyzstan. Between 1995 and 2011, human alveolar echinococcosis increased from <3 cases per year to >60 cases per year. The origins of this epidemic, which started in 2004, may be linked to the socioeconomic changes that followed the dissolution of the former Soviet Union.
authors.affiliation: Government Sanito-Epidemiology Unit, Bishkek,Kyrgyzstan.
authors.forename: Jumagul
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Usubalieva
authors.forename: Gulnara
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Minbaeva
authors.forename: Iskender
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ziadinov
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deplazes
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Torgerson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D004443:Echinococcosis; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D058872:Epidemics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007707:Kyrgyzstan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Alveolar echinococcosis; Central Asia; Echinococcus multilocularis; Kyrgyzstan; emergence; parasites; tapeworms; zoonoses