M.T. Rogan

TL;DR: The chapter addresses the problem of neurocysticercosis and epilepsy in developing countries particularly Latin America and its public health consequences in the USA and elsewhere.

TL;DR: The main achievements of this process were an update of the current nomenclature of Echinococcus spp, and an agreement on a standardized description of the surgical operations for CE according to the “Approach, cyst Opening, Resection, and Completeness” framework.

TL;DR: This review provides an introductory overview to the Supplement and summarises the biology and epidemiology of these two related cestodes with an emphasis on applied aspects relating to detection, diagnosis and surveillance in animal and human populations, and includes aspects of transmission ecology.

TL;DR: The results confirm the importance of human CE in Libya and confirm the usefulness of ultrasound combined with serology as a mass screening approach for CE in north African communities.

TL;DR: Echinococcosis is therefore a neglected disease which is under-reported and requires urgent attention in common with a number of other zoonoses in order to reduce morbidity and to help alleviate poverty in poor pas- toral areas of the sub-tropics and temperate zones.