
thumb|400px|right|schematic representation of the life cycle of Echinococcus thumb|General description of the egg and oncosphere of Echinococcus spp.
thumb|400px|right|schematic representation of the life cycle of Echinococcus thumb|General description of the egg and oncosphere of Echinococcus spp.
Echinococcus is a genus within Cestoda, a parasitic class of the platyhelminthes phylum (colloquially known as flatworms). Human echinococcosis is an infectious disease caused by the following species: E. granulosus, E. multilocularis, E. vogeli or E. oligarthrus.
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