在巴尔干半岛与地中海地区流行的囊型包虫病(CE)研究取得新突破。科研人员从希腊屠宰场和土耳其省级屠宰场采集的131例反刍动物 carcasses 中，成功分离细粒棘球绦虫(Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto)包囊，通过提取生发层总DNA，采用PCR扩增细胞色素c氧化酶亚基1(CO 1)和烟酰胺脱氢酶亚基1(NADH 1)线粒体 ...

Cystic echinococcosis (Hydatid Disease) represents an emerging illness found in humans and livestock that arises as a result of eating infective eggs of the cestode parasite Echinococcus ...

The Echinococcus multilocularis tapeworm is a tiny parasite. Several are shown here in this photograph that includes a paper clip for scale. (Jenkins Lab, University of Saskatchewan) ...

KEY POINTS. Alveolar echinococcosis is an aggressive infection caused by the cestode Echinococcus multilocularis and most commonly affects the liver; metastatic or disseminated disease can occur but ...

Echinococcus worms mainly cause two diseases in humans: cystic echinococcosis and alveolar echinococcosis. The disease is zoonotic, meaning it is transferred to humans by animals, ...

The research, led by the University of Calgary's faculty of veterinary medicine, found that the parasitic tapeworm called Echinococcus multilocularis is now prevalent in Western Canada, after ...

Infection with Echinococcus is known as hydatid disease, cystic hydatid disease, or echinococcosis. This condition can also cause cysts in the lungs, kidneys, brain, and other organs around the body.

Stock images show a moose and an Echinococcus granulosus cyst in a liver. Two moose hunters from New Hampshire were infected with a rare tapeworm that can cause such cysts.