title: Comment on: Retrospective study of human cystic echinococcosis in Italy based on the analysis of hospital discharge records between 2001 and 2012.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Brambilla 74, 27100 Pavia, Italy; WHO Collaborating Centre for Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, Via Taramelli 5, 27100 Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: f_tamarozzi@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tamarozzi
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Via Taramelli 5, 27100 Pavia, Italy; WHO Collaborating Centre for Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, Via Taramelli 5, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Mara
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mariconti
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Adriano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casulli
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna, Laboratory of Pavia, Strada Campeggi 59, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Magnino
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Brambilla 74, 27100 Pavia, Italy; Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Via Taramelli 5, 27100 Pavia, Italy; WHO Collaborating Centre for Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, Via Taramelli 5, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brunetti
mesh_terms: D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
keywords: Burden; Clinical management; Cystic echinococcosis; Hospital discharge records; Reporting system