Echinococcus DNA was detected in the sera of 15.0% (95% CI: 8.8–24.4) and 10.0% (95% CI: 5.2–18.5) and in cyst tissue of 91.3% (95% CI: 83.0–95.7) and 83.8% (95% CI: 74.2–90.3) of 80 patients by cox1 and nad1 gene, respectively. This evidence concerns the gene MT-CO1 and cyst.