Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) and cystic echinococcosis (CE) are severe helminthic
zoonoses. Echinococcus multilocularis (causative agent of AE) is widely distributed in the …

The biology of Echinococcus, the causative agent of echinococcosis (hydatid disease) is
reviewed with emphasis on the developmental biology of the adult and metacestode stages …

Genetic variability in the species group Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato is well
recognised as affecting intermediate host susceptibility and other biological features of the …

Echinococcosis in humans is a zoonotic infection caused by larval stages (metacestodes) of
cestode species of the genus Echinococcus. Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is caused by …

The worldwide incidence and prevalence of cystic echinococcosis have fallen dramatically
over the past several decades. Nonetheless, infection with Echinococcus granulosus (E …

Echinococcus remains a significant public health problem worldwide and, in several
regions, the aetiological agents of cystic hydatid disease/echinococcosis are extending their …

Echinococcosis is one of the major zoonotic parasitic diseases in the Middle East and Arabic
North Africa from Morocco to Egypt. Both cystic and alveolar echinococcosis has been …

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is an important and widespread zoonotic infection caused by the
larval stages of taeniid cestodes of the genus Echinococcus. The disease represents a …

The application of molecular tools to the characterisation of the aetiological agents of
echinococcosis has revealed a series of largely host-adapted species and genotypes that …

CYSTIC ECHINOCOCCOSIS caused by Echinococcus spp. is considered endemic in IRAN.
To clarify the present status of HYDATIDOSIS in IRAN the present review article is …