Echinococcosis

Echinococcosis
Parasitic disease caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus. There are three forms of Echinococcus that affect humansE. (Echinococcus) granulosus, E. multilocularis, and E. vogeliand each has a different geographic distribution and tends to cause a different pattern of disease. E. granulosus is common in areas where livestock is raised in association with dogsin Australia and New Zealand, Argentina and Chile, Africa, E. Europe, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean region, especially Lebanon and Greeceand causes unilocular cysts. E. multilocularis is found in Alpine, sub-Arctic, or Arctic regionsincluding Canada, the United States, and central and northern Europe and Asiaand causes multilocular lung disease known as alveolar hydatid disease (AHD). E. vogeli is found only in Central and South America and causes polycystic hydatid disease.
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Infection with Echinococcus; larval infection is called hydatid disease. SYN: echinococciasis, echinococcus disease.

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echi·no·coc·co·sis i-.---'-səs n, pl -co·ses -.sēz infestation with or disease caused by a small tapeworm of the genus Echinococcus (E. granulosus) esp HYDATID DISEASE

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echi·no·coc·co·sis (e-kino-kok-oґsis) hydatid disease.

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