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Alveolar Echinococcosis Infection in a Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) In Mashhad, Iran [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2012
Alveolar echinococcosis (AE), which is caused by ingestion of eggs of the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis, is the most potentially lethal parasitic infection because of its tendency to invade and proliferate in the liver and the difficulty in ...
H Borji, MR Emami, M Maleki, GH Razmi, H Kazemi Mehrjerdi, E Moghaddas   +5 more
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Disseminated alveolar echinococcosis resembling metastatic malignancy: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2017
Background Alveolar echinococcosis is a potentially lethal zoonosis caused by larval forms of the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. Humans are aberrant intermediate hosts who become infected by ingestion of egg-contaminated food or water or via ...
Laura Caire Nail, Ezequiel Rodríguez Reimundes, Christelle Weibel Galluzzo, Dan Lebowitz, Yasmine Lucile Ibrahim, Johannes Alexander Lobrinus, François Chappuis   +6 more
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Human alveolar echinococcosis in Slovenia [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2007
Between January 2001 and December 2005, 1263 patients suspected of having echinococcosis were screened serologically by indirect haemagglutination assay (IHA). IHA-positive patient sera were then retested by western blot for confirmation and differentiation between Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis infection.
Logar, J., Šoba, B., Lejko-Zupanc, T., Kotar, T.   +3 more
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CT Imaging Findings of Pulmonary Alveolar Echinococcosis

, 2023
Alveolar echinococcosis is a parasitic infection caused by Echinococcus multilocularis in the metacestode stage. The disease involves the liver in almost all cases, and additionally, lung involvement is accompanied in approximately 13% of the cases.
Ogul, Hayri, AYDIN, Yener, Eroglu, Atila
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Alveolar echinococcosis of the liver in children [PDF]

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences, 2009
AbstractBackground/purposeAlveolar echinococcosis of the liver (AEL) is a zoonosis that is distributed in cold regions of the northern hemisphere. The disease is mostly found in adults and rarely in pediatric patients because it tends to be slow growing.Patients and methodsTen Japanese pediatric patients (under 15 years old) with AEL have been operated
Yoshida, Tadashi, Kamiyama, Toshiya, Okada, Tadao, Nakanishi, Kazuaki, Yokoo, Hideki, Kamachi, Hirofumi, Matsushita, Michiaki, Sato, Naoki, Sasaki, Fumiaki, Todo, Satoru   +9 more
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Cystic echinococcosis in Cyprus: historical retrospective and finding of 2 Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato species

Parasitology
The island of Cyprus was a historical endemic area for cystic echinococcosis (CE) in the Mediterranean. During the last decades, Cyprus has been an open-air laboratory and a model for testing and implementing control measures aiming to eliminate CE as a ...
Azzurra Santoro, Panagiotis Konstantinou, Federica Santolamazza, Adriano Casulli   +3 more
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Diagnosis and treatment of a case of hepatic mixed echinococcosis infection combined with distant organ metastasis

Journal of International Medical Research, 2020
Hydatidosis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus , which is highly prevalent in pastoral areas. In China, this disease is mainly caused by Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis .
Xiaolei Xu, Cancan Gao, Haiwen Ye, Zhixin Wang, Zhan Wang, Ying Zhou, Haijiu Wang, Bao Zhang, Mingquan Pang, Hu Zhou, Siyu Pan, Mingen Zhao, Haining Fan   +12 more
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Alveolar echinococcosis in the canton of Geneva between 2010 and 2021: a descriptive analysis

Swiss Medical Weekly
BACKGROUND: Alveolar echinococcosis is a rare but potentially severe parasitic disease caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis, endemic in many countries in the northern hemisphere, including Switzerland.
Manon Ollagnon, Solange Bresson-Hadni, Laurent Spahr, Laura Rubbia-Brandt, Christian Toso, François Chappuis   +5 more
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Treatment of Complicated Hepatic Alveolar Echinococcosis Disease With Suspicious Lymph Node Remote Metastasis Near the Inferior Vena Cava-Abdominal Aorta: A Case Report and Literature Review

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
Echinococcosis is a human-animal parasitic disease caused by Echinococcosis tapeworm larvae in humans. From a global perspective, it is mainly prevalent in the mid-high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, and it is a widespread infectious disease.
Xiaolei Xu, Xiaolei Xu, Xiaolei Xu, Cancan Gao, Xinye Qian, Hong'en Liu, Hong'en Liu, Zhan Wang, Zhan Wang, Zhan Wang, Hu Zhou, Hu Zhou, Hu Zhou, Ying Zhou, Ying Zhou, Haijiu Wang, Haijiu Wang, Lizhao Hou, Shaoshuai He, Xiaobin Feng, Haining Fan, Haining Fan   +21 more
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Helminths and immunological tolerance [PDF]

, 2014
Current immunosuppression regimens for solid-organ transplantation have shown disappointing efficacy in the prevention of chronic allograft rejection and carry unacceptable risks including toxicity, neoplasia, and life-threatening infection.
McSorley, Henry J., Maizels, Rick M., Maizels, Rick M, Johnston, Chris J C, Wigmore, Stephen J, Johnston, Chris J.C., Wigmore, Stephen J., Anderton, Stephen M, McSorley, Henry J, Anderton, Stephen M., Johnston, Chris J. C., McSorley, Henry J.; id_orcid   +11 more
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