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Cerebral cystic echinococcosis in Mongolian children caused by Echinococcus canadensis.
Parasitology international - 1 Oct 2018
Shirmen Orkhontuul, Batchuluun Batbold, Lkhamjav Avaajigmed, Tseveen Tugbayar, Munkhjargal Tsetsegdelger, Sandag Tsogtsaikhan, Lkhagvasuren Enkhsaikhan, Yanagida Tetsuya, Nishikawa Yuji, Ito Akira
Abstract excerpt
Recent molecular re-evaluation of Echinococcus granulosus, which causes cystic echinococcosis (CE), has revealed that it is not a single species, but instead consists of 5 cryptic species. Among them, E. granulosus (dog-sheep strain) is predominant (75%) followed by Echinococcus canadensis (22%). The major affected organs, in humans, are the liver (88%) and lungs (11%). Primary cerebral CE comprises less than 1%...
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