"Echinococcosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D004443
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.335.190.396
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| Concept/Terms |
Echinococcosis- Echinococcosis
- Echinococcoses
- Echinococcus Infection
- Echinococcus Infections
- Infection, Echinococcus
- Hydatidosis
- Hydatidoses
- Cysts, Hydatid
- Cyst, Hydatid
- Hydatid Cysts
- Hydatid Cyst
- Hydatid Disease
- Hydatid Diseases
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Echinococcosis" by people in Profiles.
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Integration of animal health and public health surveillance sources to exhaustively inform the risk of zoonosis: An application to echinococcosis in Rio Negro, Argentina. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 08; 14(8):e0008545.
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Unusual appearance of a cisternal hydatid cyst. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2003 Jan; 24(1):112-4.
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An evolving pattern of human hydatid disease transmission in the United States. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1977 Jul; 26(4):732-42.
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Studies on the polysaccharides of the Echinococcus granulosus cyst, with observations on a possible mechanism for laminated membrane formation. Comp Biochem Physiol B. 1971 Sep 15; 40(1):25-36.
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[Complicated hydatid cyst and differential diagnosis of lung diseases]. Med Glas. 1962 Mar; 16:128-31.