New Aspects of Neotropical Polycystic ( Echinococcus vogeli ) and Unicystic ( Echinococcus oligarthrus ) Echinococcosis
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New aspects of neotropical polycystic (Echinococcus vogeli) and unicystic (Echinococcus oligarthrus) echinococcosis.
Of the four species of the genus Echinococcus (Cestoda) distinguished by biological and morphological characteristics, two species, E. vogeli and E. oligarthrus, occur widely in the Neotropics. Approximately 200 cases of polycystic echinococcosis (PE) have been recorded from 12 countries in South America. Following early proliferation of E. vogeli in the human host, typically in the liver, the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology Reviews
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0893-8512,1098-6618
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00050-07