Echinococcosis in Tibetan Populations, Western Sichuan Province, China

Echinococcosis in Tibetan Populations, Western Sichuan Province, China

We screened 3,199 people from Shiqu County, Sichuan Province, China, for abdominal echinococcosis (hydatid disease) by portable ultrasound combined with specific serodiagnostic tests. Both cystic echinococcosis (CE) (Echinococcus granulosus infection) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE) (E. multilocula...

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Main Authors: Li Tiaoying, Qiu Jiamin, Yang Wen, Philip S. Craig, Chen Xingwang, Xiao Ning, Akira Ito, Patrick Giraudoux, Mamuti Wulamu, Yu Wen, Peter M. Schantz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tibetan herders
alveolar echinococcosis
cystic echinococcosis
prevalence
research
China
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/12/05-0079_article

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