Cystic echinococcosis: Chronic, complex, and still neglected

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Brunetti, Enrico ^a   Garcia, Hector H ^b,c   Junghanss, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; NITAZOXANIDE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTION; CHOLANGITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CYST RUPTURE; CYSTICERCUS (CESTODE LARVA); DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LIVER ABSCESS; LUNG EMBOLISM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEGLECTED DISEASE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE VECTORS; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; SHEEP;

EID: 79960969141     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001146     Document Type: Article

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