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Is there echinococcosis in West Africa? A refugee from Niger with a liver cyst

BACKGROUND: Italy is presently facing an increase in immigration from sub-Saharan Africa through the Mediterranean Sea. Case reports of human cystic echinococcosis (CE) have been reported from most sub-Saharan countries. Therefore, an increase in the number of patients with CE coming from these area...

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Autores principales: Angheben, Andrea, Mariconti, Mara, Degani, Monica, Gobbo, Maria, Palvarini, Loredana, Gobbi, Federico, Brunetti, Enrico, Tamarozzi, Francesca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5426005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28494818
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2169-6