Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of
Date of this Version
10-1952
Abstract
It is the purpose of this paper to review the status of hydatid disease (caused by Echinococcus spp.) in the boreal regions of the world. Its importance has long been recognized in Eurasian countries, but only during recent years have investigators added anything significant to the knowledge of hydatid disease in North America. There is need to disseminate up-to-date information among medical workers in Canada and Alaska, where the disease is endemic in northern regions having a large aboriginal population. Therefore, particular emphasis will be placed on the situation in boreal North America.
Comments
Published in Arctic: Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America (October 1952) 5(3): 157-174. Copyright 1953, the Arctic Institute of North America. Used by permission.