title: An autochthonous case of cystic echinococcosis in Finland, 2015.
abstract: We report a case of pulmonary cystic echinococcosis in a child from eastern Finland with no history of travelling abroad. The cyst was surgically removed and the organism molecularly identified as Echinococcus canadensis genotype G10. This parasite is maintained in eastern Finland in a sylvatic life cycle involving wolves and moose; in the present case, the infection was presumably transmitted by hunting dogs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: Sari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hämäläinen
authors.forename: Anu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kantele
authors.forename: Miika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arvonen
authors.forename: Tapio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hakala
authors.forename: Jari
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karhukorpi
authors.forename: Jukka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heikkinen
authors.forename: Ensio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: Kari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vanamo
authors.forename: Erja
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tyrväinen
authors.forename: Tarja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heiskanen-Kosma
authors.forename: Antti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oksanen
authors.forename: Antti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lavikainen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004285:Dogs / Q000469:parasitology*; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005387:Finland; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: Echinococcus canadensis; echinococcosis; parasitic diseases; sylvatic cycle; zoonoses