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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Platyhelminths > Cestoda > Echinococcus

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Echinococcus  

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  • infection = ECHINOCOCCOSIS or its specifics; coordinate with specific helminth terms (for example, ANTIGENS, HELMINTH) if pertinent

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  • A genus of very small TAPEWORMS, in the family Taeniidae. The adult form is found in various CARNIVORA but not humans. The larval form is seen in humans under certain epidemiologic circumstances.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004446

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