P.M. Schantz

TL;DR: Evidence that the larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis in humans is killed by chemotherapy is presented in a review of 17-year experience with treatment of alveolar hydatid disease in Alaska.

TL;DR: Histopathological examination of resected cysts from patients and a pig revealed that they were cysticerci of T. solium, and DNA analysis of these cysts revealed that the nucleotide sequences of 391 base-pair fragments of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene were exactly the same in patients and the pig.

TL;DR: The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using Toxocara canis larva-specific antigens was used to confirm a presumptive clinical diagnosis of visceral larva migrans in patients whose serum specimens were submitted to the Center for Disease Control.

TL;DR: Increased risks of both AE and CE prevalence associated with nomadic life, aging, playing with dogs, not protecting food from flies, and raising yaks or sheep also increase the risk of suffering from hydatidosis as well in this area.

TL;DR: Antigens originating from cysticerci in pigs from Mexico and South Africa were of adequate applicability and no antibodies from 147 patients with other helminth infections reacted with the 26 K and the 8 K band in immunoblotting, resulting in a specificity of 100%.