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Genus: Echinococcus

Known as: Echinococcus, worm hydatid 
A genus of cyclophyllid tapeworms in the family Taeniidae. The definitive hosts for echinococcus are carnivorous predators; humans become by zoonotic… 
National Institutes of Health

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Class Cestoda
EchinococcosisEchinococcus granulosusEchinococcus granulosus Ab.IgE:ACnc:Pt:Ser:QnEchinococcus granulosus Ab.IgG:PrThr:Pt:Ser:Ord

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
In Vitro Metacestodicidal Activities of Genistein and Other Isoflavones against Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus granulosus
ABSTRACT Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus granulosus metacestode infections in humans cause alveolar echinococcosis… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Genetic identification and host range of the Spanish strains of Echinococcus granulosus.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Epidemiology of Echinococcus granulosus in Arbil province, northern Iraq, 1990–1998
Abstract During the period 1990–1998, 99 cases of human cystic hydatidosis (12.4 cases per year) were surgically treated at the… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Nitric oxide‐mediated immunosuppression following murine Echinococcus multilocularis infection
In some parasitic infections immunosuppression is a prominent characteristic of the host–parasite interplay. We have used a… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Mitochondrial genomic markers confirm the presence of the camel strain (G6 genotype) of Echinococcus granulosus in north-western China
Twenty-eight isolates of E. granulosus, collected from humans at surgery, and a range of intermediate hosts, including sheep… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Intraspecific variation of Echinococcus granulosus and related species with emphasis on their infectivity to humans.
Review
1993
Review
1993
Molecular variation in Echinococcus.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Specific and cross-reactive antigens of Echinococcus granulosus hydatid cyst fluid.
Review
1986
Review
1986
Hydatidosis: changing concepts in epidemiology and speciation.
Review
1980
Review
1980
Alveolar hydatid disease. A review of clinical features of 33 indigenous cases of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in Alaskan Eskimos.
The clinical features of 33 cases of alveolar hydatid disease (AHD) in Alaskan Eskimos and a review of the surgical experience… 
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