Echinococcosis is a serious helminthic zoonosis in humans, livestock and wildlife. The
pathogenic organisms are members of the genus Echinococcus (Cestoda: Taeniidae). Life …

Aim To integrate ecological fitting, the oscillation hypothesis and the taxon pulse hypothesis
into a coherent null model for the evolution of complex host–parasite associations. Location …

Taxonomic revision by molecular phylogeny is needed to categorize members of the genus
Echinococcus (Cestoda: Taeniidae). We have reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships …

The epidemiological transition model describes the changing relationship between humans
and their diseases. The first transition occurred with the shift to agriculture about 10,000 …

Many significant diseases of human civilization are thought to have arisen concurrently with
the advent of agriculture in human society. It has been hypothesised that the food produced …

The origin and rise of social inequalities that are a feature of the post-Neolithic society play a
major role in the pattern of disease in prehistoric and contemporary populations. We use the …

Phylogenetic and divergence date analyses indicate that the occurrence of Taenia
tapeworms in humans pre–dates the development of agriculture, animal husbandry and …

The terminology associated with the nomenclature of larval or metacestodes is reviewed as
well as the various morphological and developmental characters used to define different …

The cestode family Taeniidae generally consists of two valid genera, Taenia and
Echinococcus. The genus Echinococcus is monophyletic due to a remarkable similarity in …

DNA approaches are now being used routinely for accurate identification of Echinococcus
and Taenia species, subspecies and strains, and in molecular epidemiological surveys of …