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echinococcosis granulosus

Echinococcosis granulosa is a disease caused by animals infected with Echinococcus granulosus larvae, also known as cystic echinococcosis. It spreads between people and animals, dogs are its final hosts, sheep and cattle are its intermediate hosts, so this disease is prevalent in animal husbandry areas, and people can also become its intermediate hosts due to eating eggs by mistake, resulting in hydatid disease. ...



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