{"title":"EQUINOCOCOSIS QUÍSTICA COMO UN PROBLEMA DE SALUD PÚBLICA EN AMÉRICA LATINA Y NUEVOS ENFOQUES PARA SU CONTROL","authors":"Ciro Ferreira, Pilar Irabedra","doi":"10.24039/rnh2007121153","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Cystic echinococcosis is a zoonosis caused by a cestode, Echinococcus granulosus, of the Taeniidae family. The adult form of the tapeworm affects canids, particularly dogs and foxes, while the larva is harbored by sheep, cattle, goats and other mammals.","PeriodicalId":328487,"journal":{"name":"Neotropical helminthology","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Neotropical helminthology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2007121153","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Cystic echinococcosis is a zoonosis caused by a cestode, Echinococcus granulosus, of the Taeniidae family. The adult form of the tapeworm affects canids, particularly dogs and foxes, while the larva is harbored by sheep, cattle, goats and other mammals.