Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Croatia

Abstract

Alveolar echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by the tapeworm larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis. This zoonotic disease has not been known to occur in Croatia. We report a confirmed case of human alveolar echinococcosis in a patient in Croatia who had never visited a known E. multilocularis–endemic area.

Keywords

• Echinococcus multilocularis
• human
• Croatia
• emerging
• parasites
• parasitic diseases