This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30760239, No. 30960342) and High-tech Research and Development Projects of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (No. 200810104). Conflicts of interest: None.
Background Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a parasitic disease in humans and caused by the Echinococcus multilocularis (Em). Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) may be the only effective treatment for...