Transmission of Echinococcus species in pastoral communities in southern Kyrgyzstan (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Rogan, M., van Kesteren, F., Mastin, A., Craig, P., Torgerson, P., Mytova, B., …Raoul, F. (2015, August). Transmission of Echinococcus species in pastoral communities in southern Kyrgyzstan. Presented at 80. 25th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP), Liverpool, UK

Echinococcus granulosus and human cystic echinococcosis (CE) are highly endemic in Central Asia and western China. Human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is an emergent public health problem in Kyrgyzstan and in the Region. Community, veterinary and ecol... Read More about Transmission of Echinococcus species in pastoral communities in southern Kyrgyzstan.

Independent evaluation of a canine Echinococcosis control programme in Hobukesar County, Xinjiang, China (2015)
Journal Article
van Kesteren, F., Qi, X., Tao, J., Feng, X., Mastin, A., Craig, P., …Wen, H. (2015). Independent evaluation of a canine Echinococcosis control programme in Hobukesar County, Xinjiang, China. Acta tropica, 145, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.01.009

The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwest China is one of the world's most important foci for cystic echinococcosis. Domestic dogs are the main source for human infection, and previous studies in Xinjiang have found a canine Echinococcus spp... Read More about Independent evaluation of a canine Echinococcosis control programme in Hobukesar County, Xinjiang, China.

Dog ownership, dog behaviour and transmission of Echinococcus spp. in the Alay Valley, southern Kyrgyzstan (2013)
Journal Article
van Kesteren, F., Mastin, A., Mytynova, B., Ziadinov, I., Boufana, B., Torgerson, P., …Craig, P. (2013). Dog ownership, dog behaviour and transmission of Echinococcus spp. in the Alay Valley, southern Kyrgyzstan. Parasitology, 140(13), 1674-1684. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182013001182

Echinococcosis is a re-emerging zoonotic disease in Kyrgyzstan, and the incidence of human infection has increased substantially since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Domestic dogs are hosts of Echinococcus spp. and play an important role i... Read More about Dog ownership, dog behaviour and transmission of Echinococcus spp. in the Alay Valley, southern Kyrgyzstan.

Canine echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan : detection, diagnosis, and dynamics
Thesis
Mastin, A. (in press). Canine echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan : detection, diagnosis, and dynamics. (Thesis). University of Salford

Human echinococcosis is an increasing public health issue in Kyrgyzstan, where Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis are coendemic and domestic dogs are considered the primary source of human infection. A control scheme based upon d... Read More about Canine echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan : detection, diagnosis, and dynamics.