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echinococcosis
(redirected from Cystic hydatid disease)

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echinococcosis [ə‚kī·nə·kä′kō·səs]
(medicine)
Infestation by the larva (hydatid) ofEchinococcus granulosisin humans, and in some canines and herbivores. Also known as hydatid disease; hydatidosis.


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We conducted a study to investigate the concern that human cystic hydatid disease, or cystic echinococcosis, could reemerge in mid-Wales as a consequence of FMD control measures in which large numbers of sheep carcasses lying in fields were potentially accessible to dogs and foxes for several weeks.
Reemergence of canine Echinococcus granulosus infection, Wales by Palmer, Stephen / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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