Evaluation of diagnostic ultrasound as a mass screening technique for the detection of hydatid cysts in the liver and lung of sheep and goats

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 349-353

  Sage, Abby Maxson ^a   Wachira, Timothy M ^b   Zeyhle, Eberhard E ^b   Weber, Ernest P ^a   Njoroge, Ernest ^b   Smith, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Echinococcus granulosus; Goat; Hydatid cyst; Sheep; Turkana; Ultrasonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASE; HYDATID CYST; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCREENING TEST; SHEEP DISEASE; ULTRASOUND;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; KENYA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 17144459761     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00187-2     Document Type: Article

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