 There is also evidence showing that the Baltic Countries are endemic areas.While alveolar echinococcosis is not extremely common, it is believed that in the coming years, it will be an emerging or re-emerging disease in certain countries as a result of "E. multilocularis"’ ability to spread.Unlike the previous two species of "Echinococcus", "E. vogeli" and "E. oligarthrus" are limited to Central and South America.