Kazakhstan reports increase in echinococcosis in children
by News Desk from Outbreak News Today on (#611ZF)
NewsDesk @bactiman63 For the first five months of 2022, Kazakhstan officials have reported 350 cases of the parasitic tapeworm disease, echinococcosis. Seventy-one cases were reported in children under the age of 14, a 2.6 times increase compared to the same period in 2021. Echinococcosis is transmitted from animals to humans, caused by parasites - tapeworms of [...]
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