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Echinococcosis(Topical Term)

Preferred form: Echinococcosis
Used for/see from:
  • n: Echinococcus Granulosus Infection
  • n: Echinococcus Infection
  • n: Hydatid Disease
  • Cystic Echinococcosis
  • Cysts, Hydatid
  • Hydatid Cyst
  • Hydatidosis
  • n: Cyst, Hydatid
  • n: Cystic Echinococcoses
  • n: Echinococcoses
  • n: Echinococcoses, Cystic
  • n: Echinococcosis, Cystic
  • n: Echinococcus Granulosus Infections
  • n: Echinococcus Infections
  • n: Granulosus Infection, Echinococcus
  • n: Granulosus Infections, Echinococcus
  • n: Hydatid Cysts
  • n: Hydatid Diseases
  • n: Hydatidoses
  • n: Infection, Echinococcus
  • n: Infection, Echinococcus Granulosus
  • n: Infections, Echinococcus Granulosus

coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC and ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY are also available; Taenia echinococcus infection = ECHINOCOCCOSIS + ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS

An infection caused by the infestation of the larval form of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus. The liver, lungs, and kidney are the most common areas of infestation.

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