Diseases

Echinococcosis

An infection caused by the infestation of the larval form of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus. The liver, lungs, and kidney are the most common areas of infestation.

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Abstract

An infection caused by the infestation of the larval form of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus. The liver, lungs, and kidney are the most common areas of infestation.

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22 entry terms
  • Echinococcus Infection
  • Echinococcoses
  • Echinococcus Infections
  • Infection, Echinococcus
  • Cystic Echinococcosis
  • Cysts, Hydatid
  • Echinococcus Granulosus Infection
  • Hydatid Cyst
  • Hydatid Disease
  • Hydatidosis
  • Cyst, Hydatid
  • Cystic Echinococcoses
  • Echinococcoses, Cystic
  • Echinococcosis, Cystic
  • Echinococcus Granulosus Infections
  • Granulosus Infection, Echinococcus
  • Granulosus Infections, Echinococcus
  • Hydatid Cysts
  • Hydatid Diseases
  • Hydatidoses
  • Infection, Echinococcus Granulosus
  • Infections, Echinococcus Granulosus

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC and ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY are also available; Taenia echinococcus infection = ECHINOCOCCOSIS + ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS

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  1. C01w.610w.335w.190.396w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Echinococcosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004443. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004443
  2. Echinococcosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinococcosis
  3. Echinococcosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q777087