Worldwide literature on epidemiology of human alveolar echinococcosis: a systematic review of research published in the twenty-first century

摘要

Purpose Human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a potentially lethal zoonosis caused by the cestode Echinococcus multilocularis. The aim of this systematic review is to establish a comprehensive global AE literature overview taking into account the epidemiologically relevant AE research of the twenty-first century.