| an epidemiological and ecological study of human alveolar echinococcosis transmission in south gansu, china. | human alveolar echinococcosis (ae) is usually a rare, highly pathogenic zoonotic disease, transmitted across the northern hemisphere between fox and rodent hosts. in china the first cases were described in 1965; however very few epidemiological studies have been undertaken since. following identification in 1991 of a serious focus of human ae in south gansu province, detailed village-based community and ecological studies were carried out between 1994 and 1997. hepatic ultrasound mass screening ... | 2000 | 11080507 |