title: [Research Achievements and Challenges for Echinococcosis Control].
abstract: Echinococcosis is an important communicable disease that has remarkable impacts on the global health. The disease is highly endemic in western China. In the last decades, achievements were obtained for the surgery and drug therapies for echinococcosis, as well as for studies on genomics, signaling pathways, and liver proliferation and injury of the intermediate hosts. Although steps have entered vaccine development, challenges remainin immunodiagnosis and drug treatment for intermediate hosts, and in vaccine development for definitive hosts. This paper gives an overview on the current achievements and challenges for echinococcosis control.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Aji
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tuerganaili
authors.forename: Ying-mei
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Ren-yong
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Hai-tao
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Tuxun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tuerhongjiang
authors.forename: Guo-dong
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Wen-bao
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004443:Echinococcosis; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control