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Updates or overviews on cystic echinococcosis, alveolar echinococcosis, and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs):

• Casulli A, Laurimäe T, Santoro A. Neglected Cystic and Alveolar Echinococcosis (Chapter 3). In: Neglected Zoonoses and Antimicrobial Resistance. Editor(s): Samanta I, Bandyopadhyay S, Olivier Sparagano O. Elsevier 2025. ISBN 978044316062. 29-50 pp.

• Casulli A, Abela-Ridder B, Petrone D, Fabiani M, Bobić B, et al. Unveiling the incidences and trends of the neglected zoonosis cystic echinococcosis in Europe: a systematic review from the MEmE project. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2023; 23(3): e95-e107
• Casulli A, Antinori S, Bartoloni A, D'Amelio S, et al. Neglected Tropical Diseases in Italy: introducing IN-NTD, the Italian network for NTDs. Parasitology. 2023 May 9:1-7
• Casulli A. New global targets for NTDs in the WHO roadmap 2021–2030. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2021; 15(5): e0009373
• Casulli A. Recognising the substantial burden of neglected pandemics cystic and alveolar echinococcosis. The Lancet Global Health. 2020; 8(4): e470-e471
• World Health Organization (WHO). New approach needed to tackle parasitic liver disease in Europe and Turkey
• Tamarozzi F, Akhan O, Carmen Michaela Cretu C M, Vutova K, Akinci D, Chipeva R, et al. Prevalence of abdominal cystic echinococcosis in rural Bulgaria, Romania, and Turkey: a cross-sectional, ultrasound-based, population study from the HERACLES project. The Lancet Infectious Diseases Journal. 2018; 18(7): 769-778. (First “original research” ever published on echinococcosis)
• International Patent on anthelmintic drugs: Salts of compounds having benzimidazolic structure, uses and process for the preparation thereof