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hydatid disease
(redirected from echinococcosis)

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hydatid disease: see tapeworm tapeworm, name for the parasitic flatworms forming the class Cestoda. All tapeworms spend the adult phase of their lives as parasites in the gut of a vertebrate animal (called the primary host).
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To the Editor: Echinococcosis is a serious parasitic zoonosis in the Northern Hemisphere.
Echinococcosis risk among domestic definitive hosts, Japan by Oku, Yuzaburo / Emerging Infectious Diseases
To the Editor: Alveolar echinococcosis in humans is endemic in Japan; however, the causal agent, Echinococcus multilocularis, has been restricted to the northernmost insular prefecture of Hokkaido, where the Tsugaru Strait acts as a natural physical barrier against migration to the mainland.
Echinococcus multilocularis in dogs, Japan by Kawanaka, Masanori / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is an infection caused by Echinococcus multilocularis, a highly pathogenic cestode.
Pasture types and Echinococcus multilocularis, Tibetan communities by Giraudoux, Patrick / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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