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Cystic echinococcosis in slaughtered sheep in Erzurum province, Turkey.
Acta tropica - 1 Sept 2022
Avcioglu Hamza, Bia Mohammed Mebarek, Balkaya Ibrahim, Kirman Ridvan, Akyuz Muzaffer, Guven Esin
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Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is an important zoonotic infection caused by the larval stages of the genus Echinococcus. Turkey is a highly endemic region for CE and the disease is one of the major public health problems. The study was aimed to assess the situation of the CE in sheep in Turkey and also to provide data on circulating genotypes in the country. A total of 3319 sheep at slaughter were screened during the...
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