Table 2. Geographical origin, hosts and numbers of E. granulosus isolates and their corresponding species/strains based on multiplex-PCR results.
| Region | Cyst origin | Number | Genotype |
| North Africa | |||
| Tunisia | Ovine* | n = 75 | E. granulosus s.s. (G1/G2/G3) |
| Human*(3–15 yrs) | n = 39 | E. granulosus s.s. (G1/G2/G3) | |
| Algeria | Ovine | n = 22 | E. granulosus s.s. (G1/G2/G3) |
| Bovine | n = 4 | E. granulosus s.s. (G1/G2/G3) | |
| Europe | |||
| Spain | Equid (horse) | n = 6 | E. equinus (G4) |
| Equid (donkey) | n = 1 | E. equinus (G4) | |
| Ovine | n = 7 | E. granulosus s.s. (G1/G2/G3) | |
| Bovine | n = 1 | E. granulosus s.s. (G1/G2/G3) | |
| Human (adults) | n = 7 | E. granulosus s.s. (G1/G2/G3) | |
| Bulgaria | Bovine | n = 8 | E. granulosus s.s. (G1/G2/G3) |
| Ovine | n = 6 | E. granulosus s.s. (G1/G2/G3) | |
| Porcine (pig) | n = 6 | E. granulosus s.s. (G1/G2/G3) | |
| South America | |||
| Argentina | Porcine* (pig) | n = 7 | E. canadensis (G6/G7) |
| Ovine* | n = 6 | E. granulosus s.s. (G1/G2/G3) | |
| Total | animals | n = 149 | |
| Total | humans | n = 46 |
*
cox1-sequenced samples: 14 ovine and 39 human Tunisian samples as well as the 6 ovine Argentinean samples were identified as E. granulosus s.s. (G1) and the 7 Argentinean porcine samples were identified as E. canadensis (G7).