EmIA

Echinococcus multilocularis

PARTNERS

• Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy. (Adriano Casulli - Project coordinator)
• Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany. (Franz J. Conraths)
• Finnish Food Safety Authority, Finland. (Antti Oksanen)
• French Agency for Food, environmental and Occupational health and Safety, France. (Franck Boue)
• Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain. (Mar Siles-Lucas)
• National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands. (Joke van der Giessen)
• National Veterinary Research Institute, Poland. (Jacek Karamon)

Timing: 2013-2015. Funder: European Food Safety Agency, EFSA (GP/EFSA/AHAW/2012/01). Total cost: 228.443 €.
 

The European Commission reviewed regulation (EU) No1152/2011 in December 2016 in the light of scientific developments regarding Echinococcus multilocularis (EM) infection in animals. EFSA was asked to provide a scientific opinion on EM by November 2015. To assist with this review, EFSA funded the project Echinococcus multilocularis infection in animals - EmIA. In order to be able to provide a comprehensive and quantitative assessment of EM infections in animals, the knowledge and data on the epidemiology and risk factors related to this disease were collected in the EU and adjacent countries by means of eight systematic reviews of literature and data. Bibliographic searches identified 10,737 scientific papers, of which 5,421 papers were identified within the eight protocols. Studies regarded as relevant for more than one question were independently analysed in each Systematic review.

PUBLICATIONS

• Umhang G, Possenti A, Colamesta V, d'Aguanno S, La Torre G, Boué F, Casulli A. A systematic review and meta-analysis on anthelmintic control programs for Echinococcus multilocularis in wild and domestic carnivores. Food Waterborne Parasitology. 2019 Mar 14;15:e00042
• Conraths FJ, Probst C, Possenti A, Boufana B, Saulle R, La Torre G, Busani L, Casulli A. Potential risk factors associated with human alveolar echinococcosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2017 Jul 17;11(7):e0005801
• Possenti A, Manzano-Román R, Sánchez-Ovejero C, Boufana B, La Torre G, Siles-Lucas M, Casulli A. Potential Risk Factors Associated with Human Cystic Echinococcosis: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2016 Nov 7;10(11):e0005114
• Oksanen A, Siles-Lucas M, Karamon J, Possenti A, Conraths FJ, Romig T, Wysocki P, Mannocci A, Mipatrini D, La Torre G, Boufana B, Casulli A. The geographical distribution and prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in animals in the European Union and adjacent countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Parasite & Vectors. 2016 Sep 28;9(1):519
• Casulli A, Possenti A, La Torre G, Boue F, Busani L, Colamesta V, Conraths FJ, D’Aguanno S, De Giusti M, De Vito C, Karamon J, Maas M, Mannocci A, Maffongelli E, Mipatrini D, Oksanen A, Probst C, Saulle R, Siles-Lucas M, Umhang G, van den End S, van der Giessen J and Villari P. Echinococcus multilocularis infection in animals (GP/EFSA/AHAW/2012/01). EFSA supporting publication 2015:EN-882, 168 pp