WHO CC for Cystic and Alveolar Echinococcosis

Since 20 April 2016 the Foodborne and Neglected Parasitic Disease Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases at Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) has been designated as World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for the Epidemiology, Detection and Control of Cystic and Alveolar Echinococcosis (One Health) (ITA-107).

The WHO Collaborating Centre is aiming at providing technical, scientific input and expertise on the control of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in both humans and animal species (in a One Health perspective) through multicentre studies on the clinical and molecular epidemiology, detection, and evaluation of the disease burden.