Trends of echinococcosis and its radiological studies in China

Objective: The aim of this study is to describe the incidence and mortality of echinococcosis in China, as well as its radiological studies. Materials and methods: Based on the official high-quality data summarised by Chinese Ministry of Health and reported annually in Chinese Health Yearbook, the authors analysed data about echinococcosis from 2011 to 2015 to indicate its incidence and mortality in China. A statistic analysis based on the available literature from the last century to the middle of 2015 was carried out, so as to learn the radiological research tendency. Results: There are thousands of cases reported each year from 2011 to 2015, with the most of 3841 cases in 2013 and the least of 2909 cases in 2011. Generally, the radiological studies on echinococcosis showed a fluctuant increasing trend from 1975 to 2015. Conclusions: Such prompting statistics emphasize the dynamic nature of echinococcosis which needs continuously public concern and enhancing the radiological research direction about echinococcosis. © 2016 Beijing You’an Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).