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

Preferred term

Echinococcus granulosus  

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Note

  • infection: coordinate (IM) with ECHINOCOCCOSIS (IM) or specifics (IM); Taenia echinococcus goes here

Scope note

  • A species of hydatid tapeworm (class CESTODA) in the family Taeniidae, whose adult form infects the DIGESTIVE TRACT of DOGS, other canines, and CATS. The larval form infects SHEEP; PIGS; HORSES; and may infect humans, where it migrates to various organs and forms permanent HYDATID CYSTS.

History note

  • 2005

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D048209

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