TY - CHAP AU - Shigehiro Enkai AU - Kimitoshi Sakamoto AU - Miho Kaneko AU - Hirokazu Kouguchi AU - Takao Irie AU - Kinpei Yagi AU - Yuka Ishida AU - Jun Matsumoto AU - Yuzaburo Oku AU - Ken Katakura AU - Osamu Fujita AU - Tomoyoshi Nozaki and Kiyoshi Kita ED - Tonay Inceboz Y1 - 2017-11-15 PY - 2017 T1 - Medical Treatment of Echinococcus multilocularis and New Horizons for Drug Discovery: Characterization of Mitochondrial Complex II as a Potential Drug Target N2 - Echinococcosis is an important zoonotic helminth disease all over the world, since some forms may be fatal. The most common species leading to echinococcosis are Echinococcus granulosus, Echinococcus multilocularis, Echinococcus vogeli, and Echinococcus oligarthrus. Although it has been known for many years, it keeps its interesting features. In this book, we aimed to update our knowledge on echinococcosis, focusing on current research advances, new horizons for drug therapy, and surgical management including surgical complications. I cordially believe that this book on echinococcosis will also motivate the future scientists to accomplish more studies on this issue. BT - Echinococcosis SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.68565 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.68565 SN - 978-953-51-3592-0 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -