TY - JOUR AU - Usubalieva, Jumagul AU - Minbaeva, Gulnara AU - Ziadinov, Iskender AU - Deplazes, Peter AU - Torgerson, Paul T1 - Human Alveolar Echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 7 SP - 1095 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Human echinococcosis is a reportable disease in Kyrgyzstan. Between 1995 and 2011, human alveolar echinococcosis increased from <3 cases per year to >60 cases per year. The origins of this epidemic, which started in 2004, may be linked to the socioeconomic changes that followed the dissolution of the former Soviet Union. KW - Echinococcus multilocularis KW - emergence KW - Alveolar echinococcosis KW - Kyrgyzstan KW - Central Asia KW - tapeworms KW - parasites KW - zoonoses DO - 10.3201/eid1907.121405 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/7/12-1405_article ER - End of Reference