TABLE 2.

Strains of E. granulosus^a

Strain or isolateb	Definitive and intermediate hostsb	Infectivity for humans	Probable geographic distribution
G1: common sheep strain	D: dog, fox, dingo, jackal, hyena	Yes	Europe, Middle East, Africa, Iran, India, Nepal, China, Russia, Australian mainland, Tasmania, New Zealand, United States, South America
	I: sheep, cattle, pig, camel, goat, macropods
G2: Tasmanian sheep strain	D: dog, fox	Yes	Tasmania, Argentina
	I: sheep, cattle?
G3: (buffalo strain)?	D: dog, fox?	?	Asia
	I: buffalo, cattle?
G4: horse strainc	D: dog	No/?	Europe, Middle East, South Africa (New Zealand?, United States?)
	H: horse, other equines
G5: cattle straind	D: dog	Yes	Europe, South Africa, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Russia, South America?
	I: cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat
G6: camel strain	D: dog	Yes	Middle East, Iran, Africa, China, Nepal, Argentina
	I: camel, goat, cattle
G7: pig strain	D: dog	Yes	Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Russia, Argentina
	I: pig
G8: cervid strain (G8)	D: wolf, dog	Yes	North America, Eurasia
	I: cervids
G9: ?	?	Yes	Poland
Lion strain	D: lion	?	Africa
	I: zebra, wildebeest, warthog, bushpig, buffalo, various antelope species, giraffe?, hippopotamus?

^aData from references 150, 194, and 195.

^bG, genotype; D, definitive hosts; I, intermediate hosts.

^cproposed species status, E. equinus (195).

^dProposed species status, E. ortleppi (195).