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Echinococcus
Echinococcus E*chi`no*coc"cus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? hedgehog,
sea urchin + ? grain, seed. So called because forming little
granular bodies, each armed with hooklets and disposed upon
the inner wall of the hydatid cysts.] (Zo["o]l.)
A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals,
forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in
various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which
often cause death. It is the larval stage of the T[ae]nia
echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog.
Meaning of Echinococcus from wikipedia
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genus –
Echinococcus oligarthrus,
Echinococcus vogeli,
Echinococcus multilocularis,
Echinococcus shiquicus,
Echinococcus equinus,
Echinococcus ortleppi...
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accuracy and
precision in
diagnosing Echinococcus multiocularis and
distinguishing it from
other species like
Echinococcus granulosus.
Alveolar echinococcosis...
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Echinococcus granulosus, also
called the
hydatid worm or dog tapeworm, is a
cyclophyllid cestode that
dwells in the
small intestine of
canids as an adult...
- PMID 27733281. "Echinococcosis [
Echinococcus granulosus] [
Echinococcus multilocularis] [
Echinococcus oligarthrus] [
Echinococcus vogeli]". CDC. 29 November...
- America. E. vogeli, as well as
other members of the
genus Echinococcus (especially
Echinococcus multilocularis),
produce a
disease called echinococcosis...
- or eat food
prepared in,
conditions of poor
hygiene (Hymenolepis or
Echinococcus species). The
unproven concept of
using tapeworms as a
slimming aid has...
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Echinococcus shiquicus is a
parasitic worm
first identified in 2005. It was
found in
Tibetan foxes in the Qinghai–Tibet
plateau region. Two
types of adult...
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cnidarian (starlet sea anemone), molluscs,
Trichoplax adhaerens, flatworms,
Echinococcus granulosus and Choanoflagellate.
Although vaults have been
observed in...
- in the
genus Taenia and
parasites that
encyst in
humans of the
genus Echinococcus Anoplocephalidae,
which includes several tapeworms of
horses and a genus...
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parasitic flatworm. AHD is
caused by an
infection of the
flatworm species Echinococcus multilocularis.
Although alveolar echinococcosis is
rarely diagnosed...
