To the Editor: Human alveolar echinococcosis is a potentially serious parasitosis caused by the tumorlike larval multiplication of the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. The infection, which usually involves the liver and metastatic spread to distant organs, follows accidental ingestion of…
European Echinococcus multilocularis Identified in Patients in Canada
To the Editor: Human alveolar echinococcosis is a potentially serious parasitosis caused by the tumorlike larval multiplication of the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. The infection, which usually involves the liver and metastatic spread to distant organs, follows accidental ingestion of…