2024•Emerging infectious diseasesOpen access

Confirmed Autochthonous Case of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Italy, 2023

Francesca Tamarozzi, Niccolò Ronzoni, Monica Degani, Eugenio Oliboni, Dennis Tappe, Beate Gruener, Federico Gobbi

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In September 2023, a patient in Italy who had never traveled abroad was referred for testing for suspected hepatic cystic echinococcosis. Lesions were incompatible with cystic echinococcosis; instead, autochthonous alveolar echinococcosis was confirmed. Alveolar echinococcosis can be fatal, and awareness must be raised of the infection's expanding distribution.

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Key concepts: Alveolar echinococcosis, Cystic echinococcosis, Echinococcosis, Medicine, Pathology