A Newly Discovered Epidemic Area of Echinococcus multilocularis in West Gansu Province in China.

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a lethal parasitic disease. In Gansu Province of China, all AE cases reported in literature were from Zhang and Min Counties, the southern part of the province. Here, we report the discovery of nine AE cases and one cystic echinococcosis (CE) case from Nanfeng Town of...

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Main Authors: Jian Han, Genshu Bao, Duoqiang Zhang, Pengcheng Gao, Tinjun Wu, Philip Craig, Patrick Giraudoux, Xiao Chen, Qi Xin, Lili He, Gen Chen, Tao Jing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4505874?pdf=render