echinococcosis

Serological differentiation between cystic and alveolar echinococcosis by use of recombinant larval antigens.

Immunoglobulin subclass responses in human cystic and alveolar echinococcosis.

multilocularis, the causative agent of the serious zoonosis alveolar echinococcosis, was found in the muskrat in Lithuania.

A historical view of alveolar echinococcosis, 160 years after the discovery of the first case in humans: part 1.

We are grateful to the Conseil Regional de Franche-Comte and the Mutualite Sociale de Franche-Comte, especially to JeanJacques Laplante, for support of our work on the epidemiology of alveolar echinococcosis in France from the beginning of the data collection.

Alveolar echinococcosis in humans: the current situation in central Europe and the need for countermeasures.

In Canada, only 1 autochthonous human case of alveolar echinococcosis has been reported in Manitoba (13).

Human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a potentially fatal zoonosis (1) caused by Echinococcus multilocularis, a helminth that is widespread in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes).

Human alveolar echinococcosis (AE), caused by the metacestode stage of the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis, is a rare zoonosis in Germany, mainly occurring in the south (1).

Echinococcosis on the Tibetan Plateau: prevalence and risk factors for cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in Tibetan populations in Qinghai Province, China.

In 1903, the first cases of human polycystic echinococcosis, a disease resembling alveolar echinococcosis, emerged in Argentina.

The cestode Echinococcus multilocularis is the causative agent of alveolar echinococcosis, a rare but potentially lethal human disease.

To the Editor: Alveolar echinococcosis (AE), a serious zoonosis caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis, has been reported in neighboring countries of Lithuania in recent years (1-4), but no published epidemiologic information is available.

We analyzed databases spanning 50 years, which included retrospective alveolar echinococcosis (AE) case-finding studies and databases of the 3 major centers for treatment of AE in Switzerland.