ECHINOCOCCOSIS IN NORTH AMERICA
Authors: EVERETT L. SCHILLER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Editorial1 February 1960ECHINOCOCCOSIS IN NORTH AMERICAEVERETT L. SCHILLEREVERETT L. SCHILLERAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-52-2-464 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptEchinococcosis (hydatid disease) is one of the more important helminthic zoonoses of man. Human infection, acquired from infected carnivores, is due to parasitism by the larval stages of tapeworms belonging to the genusEchinococcus(Rudolphi, 1810). These tapeworms are almost cosmopolitan in their distribution and, while it has been known for many years that this disease constitutes a serious public health problem in Eurasian countries, until the beginning of the last decade it was considered to be of rare occurrence in North America. 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