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First European Haplotype of Echinococcus multilocularis Identified in the United States: An Emerging Disease?
16 Mar 2020
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BACKGROUND: Echinococcus multilocularis is one of the most severe and lethal parasitic diseases of humans, most often reported in Europe and Asia. Only 1 previous case has been documented in the contiguous United States from Minnesota in 1977. European haplotypes have been identified in carnivores and domestic dogs as well as recently in patients in western and central Canada. METHODS: We used immunohistochemical...
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