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About Echinococcosis
Last Updated: Sep 2024
About Echinococcosis. Key points. Echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by infection with tiny tapeworms. Echinococcosis is classified as either cystic echinococcosis or alveolar echinococcosis.Read more
Ingestion can occur through hand-to-mouth transfer of eggs or by consuming fecally contaminated food, water, or soil. Epidemiology. The 2 main forms of echinococcosis in humans are alveolar echinococcosis (AE), caused…Read more
Clinical Overview of Echinococcosis
Last Updated: May 2024
Clinical Overview of Echinococcosis. At a glance. Diagnosis varies depending on the infecting species. The primary infection of alveolar echinococcosis is in the liver, usually the right lobe. The liver is the most common…Read more
CDC
Last Updated: May 2024
Causal Agents. Human echinococcosis (hydatidosis, or hydatid disease) is caused by the larval stages of cestodes (tapeworms) of the genus Echinococcus. Echinococcus granulosus (sensu lato) causes cystic echinococcosis…Read more
Preventing Echinococcosis
Last Updated: Jun 2024
Preventing Echinococcosis. Key points. You can help prevent cystic echinococcosis by limiting areas where your dogs are allowed and don't let your animals eat meat infected with cysts. To prevent alveolar echinococcosis,…Read more
Symptoms of Echinococcosis
Last Updated: May 2024
Symptoms of Echinococcosis. Key points. People with cystic echinococcosis often remain asymptomatic until hydatid cysts containing the larval parasites grow large enough to cause discomfort, pain, nausea, and vomiting.…Read more
Clinical Treatment of Echinococcosis
Last Updated: May 2024
Clinical Treatment of Echinococcosis. At a glance. Treatment options for cystic echinococcosis include chemotherapy, cyst puncture, and PAIR (percutaneous aspiration, injection of chemicals and reaspiration). In some…Read more
Radical surgical excision, the only curative treatment, is feasible in a few select cases (7). In Europe, previous assessments of human cases did not cover all alveolar echinococcosis–endemic areas at comparable periods. In…Read more
We screened 3,199 people from Shiqu County, Sichuan Province, China, for abdominal echinococcosis (hydatid disease) by portable ultrasound combined with specific serodiagnostic tests. Both cystic echinococcosis (CE) (Echinococcus…Read more
About Alveolar echinococcosis (AE)
Last Updated: Sep 2024
About Alveolar echinococcosis (AE). Key points. Alveolar echinococcosis is a parasitic tapeworm infection found in foxes, coyotes, and dogs. Cases in people are rare but can be fatal if left untreated.Read more
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