LARVAL CESTODE INFECTIONS - CYSTICERCOSIS AND ECHINOCOCCOSIS

The most common diseases caused by larval cestodes, neurocysticerosis and echinococcosis, are widespread in many developing countries. The c ombined effects of improved diagnostic technology and increasing migra tion from areas where these diseases are endemic to industrialized cou ntries lead to continuing 'epidemics' of diagnosis of these diseases i n both developing and industrialized countries. Applications of modern radiologic imaging, immunologic diagnosis, and molecular biology are providing new options for clinical management of these diseases, leadi ng to re-evaluation of concepts of taxonomy and epidemiology.