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Tropical Medicine and HealthBackground Cystic echinococcosis has a low incidence even in endemic countries. It is a chronic and complex zoonosis that in many cases presents delay in diagnosis; it typically affects the liver in up to 90% of the cases, being disseminated pulmonary ...
Víctor Hugo Ahumada Topete +16 more
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Hydatid cyst of lung: An uncommon cause of chest pain in young
Lung India, 2014 Echinococcosis can involve any organ. The liver is the most common organ involved, followed by the lungs. Depending on the location of involvement it can have varied presentation.
S R Kalpana +4 more
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Pulmonary Cystic Echinococcosis: Two Cases, Two Treatment Options
Oman Medical Journal, 2020 Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic infection caused by the tapeworm of the genus Echinococcus, a cestode endemic in many parts of the world. CE can affect any organ, with the lung being the second most commonly affected organ after the liver. For
Ahmed Babiker, Zied Gaifer
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Soil Borne Human Diseases [PDF]
, 2011 Soils are home to a remarkable array of biodiversity with some estimates stating that 25% of the Earth’s species find their home in the soil. Of these organisms, the vast majority are not of any threat to human health, but rather function to provide ...
JEFFERY SIMON LEE, VAN DER PUTTEN Wim
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Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious viral disease prevalent in sheep and goats, and causes significant economic losses. The study was conducted in 2024 in Punjab Province, Pakistan, to estimate the seroprevalence of the PPR virus (PPRV) and to analyze animal‐level risk factors in unvaccinated small ruminants. Over a 12‐month period,
Mughees Aizaz Alvi +13 more
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CLINICAL-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF ECHINOCOCCOSIS IN ZAPOROZHYE REGION
Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal, 2013 Relevance of an echinococcosis is caused by case rate body height, late diagnostics, augmentation of number of the complicated forms, growing number of patients with atypical localizations of echinococcosis cysts.
E. V. Ryabokon +2 more
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Post-surgical follow-up (by ELISA and immunoblotting) of cured versus non-cured cystic echinococcosis in young patients [PDF]
, 2017 The study was designed to determine comparatively the prognostic value of immunoblotting and ELISA in the serological follow-up of young cystic echinococcosis (CE) patients exhibiting either a cured or a progredient (non-cured) course of disease after ...
BABBA, H. +9 more
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Serum Sialic Acid as a Biomarker of Inflammation and Infection: Insights From Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Medicine International, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Serum sialic acid (SSA) levels, including total sialic acid (TSA), lipid‐bound sialic acid (LBSA), and protein‐bound sialic acid (PBSA), have been extensively studied as biomarkers of inflammation and infection across various species and diseases. In parasitemic sheep, elevated SSA levels likely reflect host–pathogen interactions and immune activation.
Tina Yaghoobpour +3 more
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Comparative evaluation of Western Blotting in hepatic and pulmonary cystic echinococcosis
Parasite, 2006 Many serological tests are widely used in the diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis (CE), caused by the larval stages of Echinococcus granulosus. The present study was carried for differentiation between hepatic and pulmonary cystic echinococcosis by ...
Akisu C. +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 +6 more
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