Background The zoonotic infection caused by tapeworms Echinococcus is a neglected tropical disease in poor regions with limited access to suitable sanitary conditions.
Luis Daniel Goyzueta-Mamani +7 more
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Italian wolves (Canis lupus italicus Altobello, 1921) and molecular detection of taeniids in the Foreste Casentinesi National Park, Northern Italian Apennines [PDF]
After centuries of massive decline, the recovery of the wolf (Canis lupus italicus) in Italy is a typical conservation success story. To learn more about the possible role of parasites in the wolves' individual and population health and conservation we ...
Apollonio +67 more
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The Effect of Climate Change on Emergence and Evolution of Zoonotic Diseases in Asia
ABSTRACT As the climate of Asia changes under the influence of global warming, the incidence and spatial distribution of known zoonoses will evolve, and new zoonoses are expected to emerge as a result of greater exposure to organisms which currently occur only in wildlife.
Roger S. Morris, Masako Wada
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In humans, hydatid cyst is caused by Echinococcus granulosus. E. granulosus mainly affects the liver and lungs. It is very rare to get a primary ovarian hydatid cyst. Hence, we are reporting a very rare case of primary ovarian hydatid cyst.
Sachin A Badge +3 more
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Investigation of risk factors for Echinococcus coproantigen positivity in dogs in the Alay valley, Kyrgyzstan [PDF]
Echinococcosis caused by the zoonotic cestodes Echinococcus granulosus (sensu lato) and Echinococcus multilocularis is highly endemic in the Central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan, and is increasingly being identified as public health problem especially ...
Craig, P S +7 more
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Echinococcosis, which causes a high disease burden and is of great public health significance, is caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus species. It has been suggested that tubulin is the target of benzimidazoles, the only drugs for the treatment of ...
Liu Congshan +4 more
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Background Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato (s.l.) is the causative agent of cystic echinococcosis (CE), which is a cosmopolitan zoonotic parasitic disease infecting humans and a wide range of mammalian species including cattle.
Mohamed E. Ahmed +3 more
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Innovative chemotherapeutical treatment options for alveolar and cystic echinococcosis [PDF]
Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis are cestode parasites, of which the metacestode (larval) stages cause the diseases cystic echinococcosis (CE) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE), respectively.
GOTTSTEIN, B. +6 more
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L'échinococcose des artiodactyles sauvages de la République Centrafricaine : existence probable d'un cycle lion-phacochère [PDF]
Les auteurs signalent la présence simultanée, dans la zone cynégétique de l'Est de la République Centrafricaine, de phacochères atteints d'hydatidose larvaire et d'un lion porteur de nombreux Taenia échinocoques qui pourraient représenter une souche d ...
Graber, Michel, Thal, J.
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Molecular characterization of the human and sheep hydatid cyst strains in Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari province of Iran using restriction fragment length plolymorphism (PCR RFLP) [PDF]
Background: Hydatidosis caused by larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus is a cosmopolitan zoonotic infection. In endemic area for this disease there is considerable genetic variation among different isolates of the parasite.
Abolhasani, Marziyeh. +5 more
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