Disseminated Echinococcus multilocularis Infection without Liver Involvement in Child, Canada, 2018

An immunocompetent child in Canada received a diagnosis of disseminated alveolar Echinococcus multilocularis infection. The case lacked typical features of liver involvement and was possibly related to a rare congenital portosystemic shunt. We summarize the rapidly evolving epidemiology of E. multil...

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Autores principales: Joyce, Joanna, He, Xiao-Ou, Rozovsky, Katya, Stefanovici, Camelia, Fanella, Sergio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32687039
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.191644
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author Joyce, Joanna
He, Xiao-Ou
Rozovsky, Katya
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Fanella, Sergio
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description An immunocompetent child in Canada received a diagnosis of disseminated alveolar Echinococcus multilocularis infection. The case lacked typical features of liver involvement and was possibly related to a rare congenital portosystemic shunt. We summarize the rapidly evolving epidemiology of E. multilocularis parasites in Canada.
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spelling pubmed-73924562020-08-06 Disseminated Echinococcus multilocularis Infection without Liver Involvement in Child, Canada, 2018 Joyce, Joanna He, Xiao-Ou Rozovsky, Katya Stefanovici, Camelia Fanella, Sergio Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch An immunocompetent child in Canada received a diagnosis of disseminated alveolar Echinococcus multilocularis infection. The case lacked typical features of liver involvement and was possibly related to a rare congenital portosystemic shunt. We summarize the rapidly evolving epidemiology of E. multilocularis parasites in Canada. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7392456/ /pubmed/32687039 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.191644 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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Disseminated Echinococcus multilocularis Infection without Liver Involvement in Child, Canada, 2018
title Disseminated Echinococcus multilocularis Infection without Liver Involvement in Child, Canada, 2018
title_full Disseminated Echinococcus multilocularis Infection without Liver Involvement in Child, Canada, 2018
title_fullStr Disseminated Echinococcus multilocularis Infection without Liver Involvement in Child, Canada, 2018
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title_short Disseminated Echinococcus multilocularis Infection without Liver Involvement in Child, Canada, 2018
title_sort disseminated echinococcus multilocularis infection without liver involvement in child, canada, 2018
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32687039
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.191644
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