Alveolar echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by the tapeworm larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis. This zoonotic disease has not been known to occur in Croatia. We report a confirmed case of human alveolar echinococcosis in a patient in Croatia who had never visited a known E. multilocularis-endemic area.
Keywords: Croatia; Echinococcus multilocularis; echinococcosis; emerging diseases; human; parasites; parasitic diseases; tapeworms; zoonoses; zoonotic diseases.