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Echinococcus
Echinococcus E*chi`no*coc"cus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? hedgehog,
sea urchin + ? grain, seed. So called because forming little
granular bodies, each armed with hooklets and disposed upon
the inner wall of the hydatid cysts.] (Zo["o]l.)
A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals,
forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in
various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which
often cause death. It is the larval stage of the T[ae]nia
echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog.
Meaning of Echinococcus from wikipedia
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Echinococcus granulosus, also
called the
hydatid worm or dog tapeworm, is a
cyclophyllid cestode that
dwells in the
small intestine of
canids as an adult...
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genus –
Echinococcus oligarthrus,
Echinococcus vogeli,
Echinococcus multilocularis,
Echinococcus shiquicus,
Echinococcus equinus,
Echinococcus ortleppi...
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accuracy and
precision in
diagnosing Echinococcus multiocularis and
distinguishing it from
other species like
Echinococcus granulosus.
Alveolar echinococcosis...
- list (link) "Echinococcosis [
Echinococcus granulosus] [
Echinococcus multilocularis] [
Echinococcus oligarthrus] [
Echinococcus vogeli]". CDC. 29 November...
- America. E. vogeli, as well as
other members of the
genus Echinococcus (especially
Echinococcus multilocularis),
produce a
disease called echinococcosis...
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Echinococcus shiquicus is a
parasitic worm
first identified in 2005. It was
found in
Tibetan foxes in the Qinghai–Tibet
plateau region. Two
types of adult...
- or eat food
prepared in,
conditions of poor
hygiene (Hymenolepis or
Echinococcus species). The
unproven concept of
using tapeworms as a
slimming aid has...
- and
Echinococcus granulosus. The
Taeniidae are
parasites of
mammals and many are
infectious to humans. The
family includes four genera:
Echinococcus Rudolphi...
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infection of
various organs with
larval stages of
tapeworms of the
genus Echinococcus Cysticercosis caused by
infection of the
brain and/or
muscles with the...
- by late autumn. Ezo red
foxes are
especially prone to
infestation by
Echinococcus and helminths.
These were
introduced to
Hokkaido via
cultured silver...
