Dominique-Angèle Vuitton

TL;DR: Improved diagnostic technology, as well as a real increase in the infection rate and an extension to new areas, can explain that more than 500 cases of alveolar echinococcosis have been reported for these 2 decades while less than 900 cases were published for the previous 7 decades.

TL;DR: Long-term transmission of Echinococcus multilocularis and risk of zoonotic infection of south Gansu farmers may be related ultimately to a process of deforestation driven by agriculture and subsequent development of a peri-domestic cycle involving dogs.

TL;DR: Radical changes in the diagnosis and the management of alveolar echinococcosis have occurred during the last decade and have contributed to an improvement in the status of the patients affected by this very severe parasitic disease.

TL;DR: This unique experience indicates that LT is feasible for life-threatening AE, and specific management is needed to optimize the results: earlier decision for LT in incurable symptomatic biliary AE, pre- and post-LT BZM therapy, meticulous pre-LT evaluation to identify extrahepatic extension, and an immunosuppressive regimen kept to a minimum.

TL;DR: Analysis of rodent species assemblages within quantified rural landscapes in central China and eastern France shows a significant association between host species for the pathogenic helminth Echinococcus multilocularis, with prevalences of human alveolar echinococcosis and with land area under shrubland or grassland, suggesting that at the regional scale landscape can affect human disease distribution through interaction with small mammal communities and their population dynamics.