Pulmonary Echinococcosis - Abstract
Human Echinococcosis is an old disease described in ancient times by Hippocrates as a cyst full of water in the liver.Rudolphy was the first to use the term hydatid disease in human in 1808. Hydatid disease is a zoonosis caused by the tapeworm of Echinococcus spp. The hydatid disease is prevalent where livestock is raised in association with dogs. The human being is affected by the disease when man accidently swallowed the eggs
of the parasite Echinococcus releasing the larva in that will migrate to various body organs. Political instability in endemicareas of hydatid disease like Syria and Iraq are expected to increase the spread of the disease and this effect will not appear now. The immigration of large number of people to other countries in Europe will make the diagnosis and control of the disease more difficult.