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International consensus on terminology to be used in the field of echinococcoses.

  • Vuitton DA National French Reference Centre for Echinococcosis, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté and University Hospital, FR-25030 Besançon, France.
  • McManus DP Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, AU-4006 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  • Rogan MT Department of Biology and School of Environment & Life Sciences, University of Salford, GB-M5 4WT Manchester, United Kingdom.
  • Romig T Department of Parasitology, Hohenheim University, DE-70599 Stuttgart, Germany.
  • Gottstein B Institute of Parasitology, School of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
  • Naidich A Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, ANLIS "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán", AR-1281 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Tuxun T WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Care Management of Echinococcosis and State Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment of High Incidence Diseases in Central Asia, CN-830011 Urumqi, PR China.
  • Wen H WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Care Management of Echinococcosis and State Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment of High Incidence Diseases in Central Asia, CN-830011 Urumqi, PR China.
  • Menezes da Silva A Past-President of the World Association of Echinococcosis, President of the College of General Surgery of the Portuguese Medical Association, PT-1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal.
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  • 2020-06-06
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  • Parasite (Paris, France). - 2020
Alveolar Echinococcosis
Cystic Echinococcosis
Formalized consensus
Neotropical Echinococcosis: Echinococcus spp.
Terminology
English Echinococcoses require the involvement of specialists from nearly all disciplines; standardization of the terminology used in the field is thus crucial. To harmonize echinococcosis terminology on sound scientific and linguistic grounds, the World Association of Echinococcosis launched a Formal Consensus process. Under the coordination of a Steering and Writing Group (SWG), a Consultation and Rating Group (CRG) had the main missions of (1) providing input on the list of terms drafted by the SWG, taking into account the available literature and the participants' experience; and (2) providing independent rating on all debated terms submitted to vote. The mission of the Reading and Review Group (RRG) was to give an opinion about the recommendation paper in terms of readability, acceptability and applicability. The main achievements of this process were: (1) an update of the current nomenclature of Echinococcus spp.; (2) an agreement on three names of diseases due to Echinococcus spp.: Cystic Echinococcosis (CE), Alveolar Echinococcosis (AE) and Neotropical Echinococcosis (NE), and the exclusion of all other names; (3) an agreement on the restricted use of the adjective "hydatid" to refer to the cyst and fluid due to E. granulosus sensu lato; and (4) an agreement on a standardized description of the surgical operations for CE, according to the "Approach, cyst Opening, Resection, and Completeness" (AORC) framework. In addition, 95 "approved" and 60 "rejected" terms were listed. The recommendations provided in this paper will be applicable to scientific publications in English and communication with professionals. They will be used for translation into other languages spoken in endemic countries.
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