Neurocysticercosis and echinococcosis in Asia: recent advances in the establishment of highly reliable differential serodiagnosis for international collaboration.
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2000-03-21
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Neurocysticercosis (NCC) and echinococcosis, caused by the larval stage of taeniid cestodes, are recognized as major parasitic zoonoses threatening human life worldwide. Cystic echinococcosis (CE), caused by Echinococcus granulosus, has well been known to be more widely distributing in Europe and Asia (Eurasia) than alveolar echinococcosis (AE) caused by E. multilocularis. However, it has recently been found that AE is more widely distributing or spreading in Eurasia. Furthermore, NCC caused by Taenia solium is also spreading in Eurasia. Due to the lack of reliable methodology for diagnosing these zoonotic cestodiases worldwide, prevalence rates of these diseases are extremely underestimated. Our group has been working for the establishment of differential serodiagnosis and molecular diagnosis of AE. CE and NCC as international collaboration projects sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Japan from 1994 until 2000 at least. In this paper, we introduce (1) the most recent original work on the establishment of differential serodiagnoses of NCC, AE and CE, (2) international collaboration work on epidemiology of these diseases in several countries, and discuss (3) what we can and should do for the control of such global parasitic diseases. It is stressed that international collaboration or cooperation work on the control of parasitic diseases is only successful based on the original scientific contribution of high standard.
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The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.
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Ito A, Nakao M, Sako Y, Nakava K. Neurocysticercosis and echinococcosis in Asia: recent advances in the establishment of highly reliable differential serodiagnosis for international collaboration. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 2000 ; 31 Suppl 1(): 16-20