A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves parasitic infection of humans and domestic animals caused by the larval stages of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus in the liver, lungs, spleen, brain, heart and kidneys. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECO_0007643 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECO_0007638 ]