Hydatid Disease (Echinococcosis) in Alaska and the Importance of Rodent Intermediate Hosts

Authors

Robert L. Rausch, Arctic Health Research CenterFollow
Everett L. Schiller, Arctic Health Research Center

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1951

Comments

Published in Science (new series) (1951) 113: 57-58.

Abstract

Hydatid disease, caused by the larval form of a tapeworm, Echinococcus granulosus (Batsch, 1786), is of circumpolar distribution, but has not previously been considered to be of much public health significance in North America. It is the purpose of this paper to present observations on this disease in Alaska, with special reference to its transmission to humans.