RT Book, Section
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.
SR Print(0)
ID 7031339
T1 Chapter 338. Echinococcosis
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7031339
RD 2024/04/19
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