Cystic Echinococcosis: Chronic, Complex, and Still Neglected
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1 Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Pavia, IRCCS S.Matteo Hospital Foundation, WHO Collaborating Centre on Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, Pavia, Italy, 2 Cysticercosis Unit, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Peru, 3 Department of Microbiology, School of Sciences, and Center for Global Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, 4 Section Clinical Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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