Echinococcus vogeli


E·chi·no·coc·cus vo·ge·'li

a species reported from humid tropical forests of Panama and northern South America causing a polycystic form of human hydatid disease intermediate between cystic and alveolar hydatid disease; the typical cycle involves domestic dogs and wild canids as host of the adult tapeworm, and rodents such as the paca (Cuniculus paca) as the intermediate host for the cystic form.

Echinococcus vogeli

A species that causes polycystic hydatid disease (a neotropical parasitic infection).See also: Echinococcus