title: Control of echinococcosis/hydatidosis: present status of worldwide progress.
abstract: Progress in national and provincial control programmes directed against Echinococcus granulosus is reviewed. The results show that this parasite, because of the low basic reproductive rate in its domestic life-cycle, is unstable and is amenable to control or eradication by currently available methods. The difference between control and eradication is defined and some suggestions for extension of control are discussed.
mesh_terms: D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans