| spatial distribution and genetic diversity of echinococcus multilocularis in hungary. | human alveolar echinococcosis, caused by the tapeworm echinococcus multilocularis, is the most pathogenic helminthic zoonosis in the temperate and arctic region of europe. between november 2008 and february 2009, 840 red fox (vulpes vulpes) carcasses, were randomly collected from the whole hungarian territory. the intestinal mucosa from all the foxes was tested by sedimentation and counting technique. e. multilocularis adult worms were detected in foxes of 16 out of the 19 hungarian counties and ... | 2010 | 20880633 |