| [relevance of parasitological examinations for the clinical course, epidemiology and prevention of alveolar echinococcosis - experiences of more than two decades in austria]. | alveolar echinococcosis has been known in austria since 1854. at the beginning of the 20th century the austrian researcher on echinococcosis, adolf posselt, has realized already the enormous medical relevance of serological tests for the diagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis as well as for preventive purposes. since the beginning of the 1980ies a long-term study about the epidemiology and serodiagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis has started in the department of medical parasitology of the clinica ... | 2006 | 17131236 |