European Haplotype of Echinococcus multilocularis in the United States

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Alveolar echinococcosis caused by Echinococcus multilocularis, a small cyclophyllid tapeworm, is a severe parasitic disease in humans.Two years after the diagnosis of a European haplotype of E. multilocularis in a patient in Vermont (Patient VT1) who did not have a history of exposure to alveolar echinococcosis abroad, 1 the disease was diagnosed in a second patient in Vermont (Patient VT2), who also did not have...

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