Combination chemotherapy of Echinococcus granulosus — in vitro studies
✍ Scribed by D.H. Taylor; D.L. Morris; K.S. Richards
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 192 KB
- Volume
- 82
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0035-9203
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## Abstract __Echinococcus granulosus__ is a parasitic cestode causing hydatidosis in intermediate hosts (human and herbivorous). Most symptoms of the disease occur by the pressure exerted on viscera by cysts that are formed upon ingestion of the parasite eggs excreted by definitive hosts (canines)