"Echinococcosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An infection caused by the infestation of the larval form of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus. The liver, lungs, and kidney are the most common areas of infestation.
| Descriptor ID |
D004443
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.335.190.396
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| Concept/Terms |
Echinococcosis- Echinococcosis
- Echinococcoses
- Echinococcus Infection
- Echinococcus Infections
- Infection, Echinococcus
- Hydatidosis
- Hydatidoses
- Cysts, Hydatid
- Cyst, Hydatid
- Hydatid Cysts
- Hydatid Cyst
- Hydatid Disease
- Hydatid Diseases
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2018 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Echinococcosis" by people in Profiles.
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Response to: Should Pediatricians Be Aware of Cystic Echinococcosis? A Literature Review. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 10; 69(4):e120-e121.
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Retrospective Study of Cystic Echinococcosis (CE) Based on Hospital Record from Five Major Metropolitan Cities of Pakistan. Acta Parasitol. 2019 Dec; 64(4):866-872.
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Epidemiological factors associated with human cystic echinococcosis: a semi-structured questionnaire from a large population-based ultrasound cross-sectional study in eastern Europe and Turkey. Parasit Vectors. 2019 Jul 29; 12(1):371.
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Echinococcosis in Pakistan: a call for research. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 06; 19(6):581.
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Severe chest allodynia as an unusual first presentation of hydatid disease: a case report. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Jan 09; 19(1):37.
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Cystic echinococcosis in the thigh: a case report. Infection. 2019 Apr; 47(2):323-329.
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Multiple Hepatic Hydatid Cysts in an Iraqi Refugee. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 11; 99(5):1107.
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War, migration and Cystic Echinococcosis. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2019 Mar - Apr; 28:111-112.
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Endoscopic excision of hydatid cyst: A case of delayed anaphylaxis in postoperative period - "The risk is not over until it is over". J Clin Anesth. 2019 02; 52:63-64.
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Evaluation of the recombinant antigens B2t and 2B2t, compared with hydatid fluid, in IgG-ELISA and immunostrips for the diagnosis and follow up of CE patients. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 09; 12(9):e0006741.