Clinical confirmation of an infection with Echinococcus multilocularis (Mongolian genotype): first case report of human alveolar echinococcosis in Inner Mongolia, China.

Background: Alveolar echinococcosis (AE), caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis, poses a substantial global health challenge due to its high mortality profile. This study reports the inaugural human infection of echinococcosis caused by the Mongolian genotype of E. multilocularis in China, also the first reported indigenous AE case in Inner Mongolia.