Echinococcosis

• Unveiling the incidences and trends of alveolar echinococcosis in Europe: a systematic review from the KNOW-PATH project
• Dihydroartemisinin-sodium taurocholate-PLGA nanoparticles: a novel therapeutic approach against cystic echinococcosis
• EmsB Microsatellite Analysis of Echinococcus multilocularis Specimens Isolated from Belgian Patients with Alveolar Echinococcosis and from Animal Hosts
• Screening and Diagnosis Access for Neglected and Tropical Parasitic Diseases in Italy: A National Survey
• Epidemiological Characteristics and Trends of Zoonotic Diseases in China from 2015 to 2022
• Preliminary Proteomic and Metabolomic Analyses Reveal Potential Serum Biomarkers for Identifying Alveolar Echinococcosis in Mice
• Review of hydatid cyst cases and causes of recurrences complicating treatment, a 7-year cross-sectional study from Turkey: A single-center, retrospective observational study
• Risk factors for wildlife-transmitted diseases in communities engaged in wildlife consumption- A case study on neotropical echinococcosis

A multivesicular hydatid cyst is a manifestation of echinococcosis, a parasitic disease caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus.

see Cerebral echinococcosis.

Molecular re-evaluation of Echinococcus granulosus, which causes cystic echinococcosis (CE), has revealed that it is not a single species, but instead consists of 5 cryptic species. Among them, E. granulosus (dog-sheep strain) is predominant (75%) followed by Echinococcus canadensis (22%). The major affected organs, in humans, are the liver (88%) and lungs (11%) ¹⁾.