The biology of Echinococcus, the causative agent of echinococcosis (hydatid disease) is
reviewed with emphasis on the developmental biology of the adult and metacestode stages …

Human cystic echinococcosis (CE) has been eliminated or significantly reduced as a public
health problem in several previously highly endemic regions. This has been achieved by the …

Echinococcosis is a cosmopolitan zoonosis caused by adult or larval stages of cestodes
belonging to the genus Echinococcus (family Taeniidae). The two major species of medical …

Among the species composing the genus Echinococcus, four species are of human clinical
interest. The most prevalent species are Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus …

Parasitic helminths excrete or secrete (ES) a variety of molecules into their mammalian
hosts. The effects of these ES products on the host's immune responses are reviewed …

Diagnosis and detection of Echinococcus granulosus (sensu lato) infection in animals is a
prerequisite for epidemiological studies and surveillance of echinococcosis in endemic, re …

Immunodiagnostic tests for Taenia-specific faecal antigen based on polyclonal rabbit
antisera against Taenia saginata or Taenia solium proglottid extracts in capture-type ELISA …

Echinococcosis is one of the world's most geographically widespread parasitic zoonoses,
with transmission occurring in tropical, temperate and arctic biomes. Most human infections …

The worldwide prevalence of geohelminths and their unique place in evolutionary biology
have attracted research focus. These major soil-transmitted intestinal nematodes that cause …

In the past 50 years, enormous progress has been made in the diagnosis, treatment and
control of taeniid cestode infections/diseases and in the scientific understanding thereof …