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Purpose of review Alveolar echinococcosis is a wildlife zoonotic disease. Clinically and radiologically, it presents in a manner similar to hepatic malignancy.
Thomas Junghanss +2 more
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Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Croatia [PDF]
Alveolar echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by the tapeworm larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis. This zoonotic disease has not been known to occur in Croatia.
Davorka Dušek +6 more
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HLA and alveolar echinococcosis.
Evidence in animal intermediate hosts that susceptibility to larval infection with Echinococcus multilocularis is restricted to individual host factors prompted us to investigate the susceptibility markers in humans. Because antigens of the extracellular
S. Bresson-Hadni +21 more
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Echinococcus multilocularis: An Emerging Pathogen in Hungary and Central Eastern Europe? [PDF]
Echinococcus multilocularis, the causative agent of human alveolar echinococcosis, is reported for the first time in Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Hungary.
Tamás Sréter +3 more
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Pitfall alveolar echinococcosis in non-endemic areas Alveolar echinococcosis migrating northward
Alveolar echinococcosis of the liver can be mistaken as a liver tumor. The occurrence of the fox tapeworm echinococcus multilocularis is increasing in formerly unaffected European regions.
Ulrike Tennert +5 more
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Alveolar echinococcosis in immunocompromised hosts. [PDF]
BACKGROUND Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) results of an infection with the larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis. It has been increasingly described in individuals with impaired immune responsiveness. OBJECTIVES This narrative review aims at
Gruener, Beate +16 more
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Confirmed Autochthonous Case of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Italy, 2023
In September 2023, a patient in Italy who had never traveled abroad was referred for testing for suspected hepatic cystic echinococcosis. Lesions were incompatible with cystic echinococcosis; instead, autochthonous alveolar echinococcosis was confirmed.
Francesca Tamarozzi +6 more
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Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis simulating metastatic malignancy
Echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by infection with tiny tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus. Echinococcosis is classified as either cystic echinococcosis or alveolar echinococcosis.
Suvradeep Mitra +4 more
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peer reviewedAlveolar echinococcosis is a serious parasitic disease, leading to large hepatic lesions. It must be distinguished from cystic echinococcosis, or hydatic cyst, caused by Echinococcus granulosus.
De Roover, Arnaud +12 more
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The initial stage of alveolar echinococcosis is a diagnostic challenge: a case report [PDF]
Background Alveolar echinococcosis is a rare, potentially fatal parasitosis with the main manifestation site in the liver. Diagnosis already in the initial stage of the disease is important to prevent further exacerbation and possible secondary ...
Tilmann Graeter +4 more
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