Echinococcosis

Introduction: Echinococcosis

Description of Echinococcosis

Echinococcosis (medical condition): A rare parasitic infection caused by the larva of a miniscule tapeworm called Echinococcus multilocularis. Transmission occurs through contact with foxes, coyotes, dogs and cats. The condition results in the development of parasitic tumors in the liver (sometimes other organs such as brain and lungs) but it generally causes no symptom for 5 to 15 years after infection. See also Alveolar echinococcosis:
  »Introduction: Alveolar echinococcosis
  »Symptoms of Alveolar echinococcosis
  »Treatments for Alveolar echinococcosis

Echinococcosis: Infection with Echinococcus; larval infection is called hydatid disease. SYN: echinococciasis, echinococcus disease.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Echinococcosis: 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.
Source: MeSH 2007

Echinococcosis: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Echinococcosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Echinococcosis, or a subtype of Echinococcosis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Echinococcosis as a Disease

Echinococcosis: Another name for Alveolar echinococcosis (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Alveolar echinococcosis
  »Symptoms of Alveolar echinococcosis
  »Treatments for Alveolar echinococcosis

Symptoms of Echinococcosis (Alveolar echinococcosis)

Some of the symptoms of Echinococcosis incude:

• Abdominal pain
• Abdominal discomfort
• Weakness
• Weight loss
• Abdominal mass

See full list of 9 symptoms of Echinococcosis (Alveolar echinococcosis)

Treatments for Echinococcosis (Alveolar echinococcosis)

Treatments for Echinococcosis (Alveolar echinococcosis) include:

• Benzimidazoles

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Treatment of Echinococcosis: For more treatment information about Echinococcosis, see treatment of Alveolar echinococcosis (Echinococcosis)

Terms associated with Echinococcosis:

Terms Similar to Echinococcosis:

• Alveolar echinococcosis
• AE

Source - NIH

• Cysts, Hydatid
• Hydatid Cyst
• Hydatidosis

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Echinococcosis:

• Echinococcosis, Hepatic
• Echinococcosis, Pulmonary

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Echinococcosis

• Cestode Infections

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Echinococcosis

The following list attempts to classify Echinococcosis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Parasitic Diseases
  • Helminthiasis
    • Cestode Infections
      • Echinococcosis

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Helminth infection, unspecified
• Unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

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