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Cystic echinococcosis in Tunisia: analysis of hydatid cysts that have been surgically removed from patients.
Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology - 1 Oct 2009
Lahmar S, Rebaï W, Boufana B S, Craig P S, Ksantini R, Daghfous A, Chebbi F, Fteriche F, Bedioui H, Jouini M, Dhibi M, Makni A, Ayadi M S, Ammous A, Kacem M J, Ben Safta Z
Abstract excerpt
Echinococcosis/hydatidosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus has a widespread distribution in the human population of Tunisia, particularly in the north-west and centre-west of the country. In a recent study, the morphological features, fertility and viability of hydatid cysts that had been excised from patients in Tunis were explored, and the E. granulosus strain or genotype involved in each case was identified...
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