FIG 3.

Epidemiology of cystic echinococcosis in Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey. (A) Uncontrolled population of free-roaming dogs in urban areas in Iran. (B) Unregulated abattoir in Turkey. (C) Home slaughter butcher’s shop and stray dog in Pakistan. (D) Free-roaming dogs feeding on a dead livestock body left around an abattoir in Iran. (E and F) Traditional animal husbandry in the region: a shepherd with his dogs and children herding livestock with a sheep dog in Iran. (G) Unfenced vegetable fields in Pakistan and the dogs roaming freely in the farms. (H) Community-based ultrasound survey on cystic echinococcosis in Iran.