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Cystic Echinococcosis (CE) is a severe zoonosis caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. These parasites are naturally transmitted between canid definitive hosts that harbour the adult stage in the intestine, and mainly ...
Elisa Serra +6 more
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Cardiac hydatid disease is rare. We report on an uncommon hydatid cyst localized in the right ventricular wall, right atrial wall tricuspid valve left atrium and pericard. A 33-year-old woman was treated for cough, fever and chest pain. Cardiac echocardiograpic examination revealed a round tumor (5.8 x 4 cm) in the right ventricular free wall and two ...
Ivanović-Krstić Branislava A. +5 more
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Background Canines, the definitive hosts for the parasites causing alveolar (AE) and cystic echinococcosis (CE), are the main source of this infections playing the key role in the transmission. The ten-year mortality rate of AE is extremely high (94%) if
Qing Yu +3 more
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Clinical and epidemiological aspects of human echinococcosis in the Аstrakhan region for 2001-2020
The study was conducted to study and analyze the clinical and epidemiological aspects of human echinococcal lesions in the Astrakhan region for 2001-2020. In total, 182 cases of human infection with echinococcus were registered during the analyzed period.
R. S. Arakelyan +4 more
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In 221 patients (0.48% of hospital admissions) with hydatid disease (122 female and 99 males), 81% had single and 19% multiple organs involved. Lungs, liver and spleen as single sites of echinococcosis together represented 83.24% of cases and the liver alone represented 95.24% of instances with multiple organ involvement.
A K, Amir-Jahed +3 more
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Alveolar Echinococcosis, Lithuania [PDF]
Alveolar Echniococcosis ...
Bruzinskaite, R +7 more
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Background Echinococcosis, a zoonotic parasitic disease, is caused by larval stages of cestodes in the Echinococcus genus. Echinococcosis is highly prevalent in ten provinces/autonomous regions of western and northern China.
Liying Wang +6 more
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Spleen-preserving surgery is effective for the treatment of spleen cystic echinococcosis
Objective: This study evaluated two surgical procedures, total splenectomy and spleen-preserving surgery, for the treatment of spleen cystic echinococcosis (CE).
Bo Ran +9 more
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Pulmonary cystic echinococcosis remains a serious threat to public health. A standardized, imaging-based classification method for pulmonary echinococcosis has not yet been developed despite the existence of a standardized ultrasound classification ...
Lizhong Wu +6 more
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Epidemic cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan: an analysis of national surveillance data
Summary: Background: Human cystic and alveolar echinococcosis are among the priority neglected zoonotic diseases for which WHO advocates control. The incidence of both cystic echinococcosis and alveolar echinococcosis has increased substantially in the ...
Giulia Paternoster, DVM +12 more
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