Soluble ST2 (sST2) as potential marker for hepatic cystic echinococcosis activity

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a severe zoonotic disease distributed worldwide [1]. It has been shown that, the average prevalence of echinococcosis in western China is 1.08%, threatening about 66 million people, and the direct economic loss caused each year is as high as 3 billion Yuan (RMB) [2]. CE is a chronic, complex, and easily neglected parasitic infectious disease in humans caused by the larvae of Echinococcus granulosus (E. granulosus). Adult worms of E. granulosus are parasitic in definitive hosts such as carnivores and metacestodes are parasitic in intermediate hosts such as herbivores.

Source: Journal of Infection - February 2, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mengting An, Yuejie Zhu, Cheng Xu, Yujiao Li, Nannan Pang, Xiao Zhao, Zhiwei Li, Hongying Wang, Fengbo Zhang, Jianbing Ding Source Type: research