Human Infections with Dicrocoelium dendriticum in Kyrgyzstan: The Tip of the Iceberg?
Human Infections with Dicrocoelium dendriticum in Kyrgyzstan: The Tip of the Iceberg?
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810 East 10th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044: American Society of Parasitologists
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810 East 10th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044: American Society of Parasitologists
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Dicrocoelium dendriticum is the causative agent of a rare food-borne zoonosis of the human biliary tract, dicrocoeliasis, for which few human prevalence data are available. Infection occurs through the ingestion of ants containing metacercariae, whereas pseudo-infections (presence of D. dendriticum eggs in stool in the absence of adult worms) are d...
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Human Infections with Dicrocoelium dendriticum in Kyrgyzstan: The Tip of the Iceberg?
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_913032867
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_913032867
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0022-3395
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1937-2345
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10.1645/GE-2828.1
