Table 1.

Basic characteristics were identified in the studies¹

Study	Province	Genotypes	Human CE (n)	QA
Harandi et al., 2002 [25]	Kerman	G1, G6	36	7
Kia et al., 2010 [26]	Isfahan	G1	30	7
Shahnazi et al., 2011 [21]	Isfahan	G1, G6	31	7
Gholami et al., 2012 [15]	Golestan	G1, G6	30	6
Sadjjadi et al., 2013 [28]	Khuzestan	G6	3	6
Pezeshki et al., 2013 [27]	Ardabil	G1, G3	11	7
Dousti et al., 2013 [22]	Ilam	G1	4	7
Khademvatan et al., 2013 [30]	Khuzestan	G1	5	6
Vahedi et al., 2014 [32]	East Azerbaijan	G1	55	7
Nikmanesh et al., 2014 [18]	Tehran	G1, G3, G6	47	6
Rostami et al., 2015 [20]	Alborz	G1, G6	7	7
Rostami et al., 2015 [20]	Tehran	G1, G6	70	7
Rostami et al., 2015 [20]	Kerman	G1, G2, G3, G6	48	6
Spotin et al., 2015 [35]	Semnan	G1, G6	7	7
Farhadi et al., 2015 [33]	Zanjan	G1	9	7
Shamsi et al., 2015 [16]	Ilam	G1	10	7
Sharbatkhori et al., 2016 [17]	Golestan	G1	4	7
Kheirandish et al., 2017 [23]	Lorestan	G1, G3	26	7
Karamian et al., 2017 [31]	South Khorasan	G1, G6	9	7
Arbabi et al., 2017 [19]	Markazi	G1	15	7
Jafarzadeh et al., 2018 [24]	North Khorasan	G1	60	7
Gorgani-Firouzjaee et al., 2018 [29]	Mazandaran	G1	6	7
Jafari et al., 2018 [34]	Isfahan	G1, G3, G6	50	6

CE, cystic echinococcosis; QA, quality assessment.

¹Type of studies were cross-sectional study.