TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 338. Echinococcosis A1 - García, HéCtor H. A1 - Santivañez, Saul A1 - Gilman, Robert H. A2 - Rudolph, Colin D. A2 - Rudolph, Abraham M. A2 - Lister, George E. A2 - First, Lewis R. A2 - Gershon, Anne A. PY - 2011 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e AB - Five species of Echinococcus have been recognized to date. Echinococcus granulosus, E multilocularis, and more rarely E vogeli and E oligarthrus infect humans with their larval stages. The definitive hosts are canids, except for E oligarthrus, which includes wild felids as intermediate hosts. Humans become accidental intermediate hosts when the eggs from the feces of dogs, wolves, or other canids are ingested. A fifth species, E. shiquicus, has been recently recognized, but it is not known whether it may infect humans.1,2 SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7031339 ER -