Geographic, demographic and economic burden of human cystic echinococcosis in Italy based on hospital discharge records (2015–2022)

Piero Bonelli; Giovanni Stegel; Scilla Mastrandrea; Gabriella Masu; Angela Peruzzu; Cinzia Santucciu; Giovanna Masala

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0014142

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Geographic, demographic and economic burden of human cystic echinococcosis in Italy based on hospital discharge records (2015–2022)

Piero Bonelli ,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: piero.bonelli@izs-sardegna.it

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory of Echinococcosis (CeNRE), WOAH Reference Laboratory for Echinococcosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna, Sassari, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4462-8257

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Giovanni Stegel,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemical, Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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Scilla Mastrandrea,

Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University Hospital, Sassari, Italy
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Gabriella Masu,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory of Echinococcosis (CeNRE), WOAH Reference Laboratory for Echinococcosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna, Sassari, Italy
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Angela Peruzzu,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory of Echinococcosis (CeNRE), WOAH Reference Laboratory for Echinococcosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna, Sassari, Italy
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Cinzia Santucciu,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory of Echinococcosis (CeNRE), WOAH Reference Laboratory for Echinococcosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna, Sassari, Italy
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Giovanna Masala

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory of Echinococcosis (CeNRE), WOAH Reference Laboratory for Echinococcosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna, Sassari, Italy
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Geographic, demographic and economic burden of human cystic echinococcosis in Italy based on hospital discharge records (2015–2022)

Piero Bonelli,
Giovanni Stegel,
Scilla Mastrandrea,
Gabriella Masu,
Angela Peruzzu,
Cinzia Santucciu,
Giovanna Masala

Published: March 20, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014142

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