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. 2011 Jan 25;5(1):e893. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000893

Figure 1. Epidemiology of Echinococcus granulosus in Spain.

Figure 1

The main domestic cycle is maintained between dogs and sheep, with man as accidental intermediate host (a; white arrows). Wild cycles could occur between wolves, wild boars, and cervids, among others (b). The sylvatic cycle could be occasionally peridomestic (black arrow), since the G1 genotype, the most frequent in sheep and human patients, has been found in isolates from wild animals.