echinococcosis
IPA: ɪkˈɪnʌkˈɔkˈoʊsɪs
noun
- (pathology) A potentially fatal parasitic disease of animals and humans, caused by the Echinococcus tapeworm.
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Examples of "echinococcosis" in Sentences
- Diagnosis of echinococcosis is made by using imaging and serology techniques.
- Echinococcosis is a disease that has been recognized by humans for centuries.
- As of right now, there are no human vaccines against any form of echinococcosis.
- Alveolar echinococcosis was suspected chronic malignant hepatic tumors or abscesses.
- Increase in the number of cystic echinococcosis (CE) cases year by year was stressed.
- The fox tapeworm is spread to humans in canine feces and can cause a fatal disease of the liver known as alveolar echinococcosis.
- It was the first chance for Mongolian experts (clinicians, pathologists, parasitologists, biologists, epidemiologists, veterinarians and others working on echinococcosis) joined together.
- The report, which covers 15 zoonotic infections, also provides data on other zoonoses, such as brucellosis, bovine tuberculosis and rabies, and the two parasitic zoonoses trichinellosis and echinococcosis.
- Main discussion was as to how to introduce modern diagnostic tools for pre-surgical diagnosis, how to establish the national system for the data base of echinococcosis with the establishment of a network system by experts from different areas.