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Gemmell MA, Lawson JR, Roberts MG. Towards global control of cystic and alveolar hydatid diseases. Parasitol Today. 1987;3(5):144-51doi: 10.1016/0169-4758(87)90198-0.
Gemmell, M. A., Lawson, J. R., & Roberts, M. G. (1987). Towards global control of cystic and alveolar hydatid diseases. Parasitology today (Personal ed.), 3(5), 144-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-4758(87)90198-0
Gemmell, M A, et al. "Towards global control of cystic and alveolar hydatid diseases." Parasitology today (Personal ed.) vol. 3,5 (1987): 144-51. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-4758(87)90198-0
Gemmell MA, Lawson JR, Roberts MG. Towards global control of cystic and alveolar hydatid diseases. Parasitol Today. 1987 May;3(5):144-51. doi: 10.1016/0169-4758(87)90198-0. PMID: 15462938.
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Parasitol Today. 1987 May;3(5):144-51. doi: 10.1016/0169-4758(87)90198-0.

Towards global control of cystic and alveolar hydatid diseases.

Parasitology today (Personal ed.)

M A Gemmell, J R Lawson, M G Roberts

Affiliations

  1. Hydatid Research Unit, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, University of Otago Medical School, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand.

PMID: 15462938 DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(87)90198-0

Abstract

Control programmes against Echinococcus granulosus in its dog-sheep transmission cycle (Fig. 1) have been successful in many parts of the world'. In contrast, the related E. multilocularis presents a much more complex problem for control authorities. Unlike E. granulosus, the life cycle of E. multilocularis predominantly involves sylvatic hosts (e.g. rodents and foxes) (Fig. 2) and the control of wild life echinococcosis presents a formidable challenge to ecologists and epidemiologists. This review contrasts the two parasites, explaining why E. granulosus in its domestic dog-sheep life cycle has been so responsive to control, and examines the prospects for control of E. multilocularis.

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