Alveolar hydatid disease

Alveolar hydatid disease (AHD), is a form of echinococcosis, a disease that originates from a parasite.[1] Although alveolar echinococcosis is rarely diagnosed in humans and is not as widespread as cystic echinococcosis, it is also still a serious disease that not only has a significantly high fatality rate but also has the potential to become an emerging disease in many countries.

Alveolar hydatid disease
Other namesAlveolar echinococcosis Alveolar colloid of the liver, Alveolococcosis, Multilocular echinococcosis
SpecialtyInfectious disease 

References
  1. Joseph F. Wilson; Robert L. Rausch; Frances R. Wilson (1995). "Alveolar Hydatid Disease: Review of the Surgical Experience in 42 Cases of Active Disease Among Alaskan Eskimos" (PDF). Annals of Surgery. 221 (3): 315–323.
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