Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Croatia

Alveolar echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by the tapeworm larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis. This zoonotic disease has not been known to occur in Croatia. We report a confirmed case of human alveolar echinococcosis in a patient in Croatia who had never visited a known E. multil...

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Autores principales: Dušek, Davorka, Vince, Adriana, Kurelac, Ivan, Papić, Neven, Višković, Klaudija, Deplazes, Peter, Beck, Relja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6986858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31961317
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2602.181826
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author Dušek, Davorka
Vince, Adriana
Kurelac, Ivan
Papić, Neven
Višković, Klaudija
Deplazes, Peter
Beck, Relja
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description Alveolar echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by the tapeworm larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis. This zoonotic disease has not been known to occur in Croatia. We report a confirmed case of human alveolar echinococcosis in a patient in Croatia who had never visited a known E. multilocularis–endemic area.
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spelling pubmed-69868582020-02-06 Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Croatia Dušek, Davorka Vince, Adriana Kurelac, Ivan Papić, Neven Višković, Klaudija Deplazes, Peter Beck, Relja Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Alveolar echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by the tapeworm larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis. This zoonotic disease has not been known to occur in Croatia. We report a confirmed case of human alveolar echinococcosis in a patient in Croatia who had never visited a known E. multilocularis–endemic area. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6986858/ /pubmed/31961317 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2602.181826 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6986858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31961317
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