Cystic echinococcosis in the Americas.
Echinococcus granulosus and related genotypic variants, the agents of cystic hydatid disease, occur widely in the American continents from Alaska and Northern Canada in North America to Tierra del Fuego in South America. Here we review the historical and current distribution and prevalence of these infections throughout the American countries and the results of programs to control or eliminate the infection.
Moro
Pedro
P
Immunization Safety Office, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA.
Schantz
Peter M
PM
D000569:Americas / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004285:Dogs; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control