Emerging Infectious Diseases

Rudolf Virchow and the recognition of alveolar Echinococcosis, 1850s.(Disease/Disorder overview)

Emerging Infectious Diseases | May 1, 2007 | Copyright

Alveolar echinococcosis, which is caused by the larval stage of the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis, is one of the most dangerous parasitic diseases. It is endemic in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere and an emerging health problem in the People's Republic of China. In Europe and North America, human cases are rare, but concomitant with an increase in the population of the final host, the red fox, an increase of human infections is expected. Rudolf Virchow, the father of the concept of cellular pathology, determined in the 1850s that an Echinococcus sp. was the…

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