Alveolar echinococcosis is increasing in Southern Belgium: a report of the Belgian National Reference Laboratory for Echinococcosis (BNRLE) and clinical experience of ECHINO- Liege

peer reviewed ; Introduction Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is endemic in Southern Belgium where up to 50% of the red foxes might be infected and spread Echinococcus eggs in the environment. In humans, the primary target organ of AE is the liver, in which AE grows as a parasitic tumor and might later develop in other organs as a malignancy and be lethal. In response to the increasing number of AE cases, a multidisciplinary group (ECHINO-Liege) was created in CHU Liege to improve AE management and to discuss the AE cases. In addition, on the top of a retrospective AE registry, ECHINO-Liege is pro... Mehr ...