In the present study, pro-inflammatory IL-17 cytokine family members and their common receptors disclosed divergent cellular production profiles and plasma levels in AE patient groups and controls; Th17-type IL-17A levels were similar in patients with progressive, stable, and healed E. multilocularis metacestode lesions, IL-17B enhanced in AE patients, whilst the Th17-type IL-17F production was highest in controls and depressed in all AE patient groups. Here, IL17A is linked to acrodermatitis enteropathica.