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An Unusual Case of Anaphylaxis after Blunt Abdominal Trauma
(Elsevier, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Due to current human migratory patterns, emergency physicians in developed countries are facing emergent clinical presentations of neglected tropical diseases with increasing frequency. In those situations, the ...
Polycystic echinococcosis in Pacas, Amazon Region, Peru
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015)
In the Peruvian Amazon, paca meat is consumed by humans. To determine human risk for polycystic echinococcosis, we examined wild pacas from 2 villages; 15 (11.7%) of 128 were infected with Echinococcus vogeli tapeworms. ...
Trends and correlates of cystic echinococcosis in Chile: 2001–2012
(PLoS, 2017)
Echinococcosis is a neglected zoonotic disease affecting over 1 million people worldwide at any given time. It is the leading cause of hospital admissions for parasitic diseases in Chile. We conducted a retrospective ...
Trends and correlates of cystic echinococcosis in Chile: 2001–2012
(PLoS, 2017)
Echinococcosis is a neglected zoonotic disease affecting over 1 million people worldwide at any given time. It is the leading cause of hospital admissions for parasitic diseases in Chile. We conducted a retrospective ...
Post surgery morbidity in patients with complicated hepatic hydatidosis [Morbilidad postoperatoria en pacientes con hidatidosis hepática complicada]
(Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2015)
Chemoprophylactic and therapeutic efficacy of thymol in murine cystic echinococcosis
(Elsevier Ireland, 2015-10)
Cystic echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the larval stage of the cestode Echinococcus granulosus. The drugs commonly used against cystic echinococcosis are benzimidazoles. Unfortunately, 20%-40% of cases do ...
Post surgery morbidity in patients with complicated hepatic hydatidosis [Morbilidad postoperatoria en pacientes con hidatidosis hepática complicada]
(Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2015)
Abdominal Cystic Echinococcosis Treated with Albendazole. A Pediatric Cohort Study
(Public Library of Science, 2016-09)
INTRODUCTION:Cystic echinococcosis is endemic in Argentina. The standard pharmacological treatment for the disease is albendazole, but surgery is a common alternative. Even though primary infection occurs mainly in the ...
Echinococcus granulosus genotype G1 dominated in cattle and sheep during 2003–2006 in Buenos Aires province, an endemic area for cystic echinococcosis in Argentina
(Elsevier Science, 2013-04)
Cystic echinococcosis (hydatidosis) is a severe and widespread disease, caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus; it affects large numbers of humans and farm animals annually, causing serious ...