| veterinary aspects of alveolar echinococcosis--a zoonosis of public health significance. | human alveolar echinococcosis (ae), caused by the metacestode stage of echinococcus multilocularis, is a serious zoonosis which caused up to 100% lethality in untreated patients before the 1970s, when modern methods of treatment were not yet established. ae occurs in large areas of the northern hemisphere mostly with low country-wide prevalences, but high prevalences of up to 4% have been reported from small population groups in highly endemic foci, e.g. from china. ae includes many veterinary a ... | 2001 | 11516580 |