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International consensus on terminology to be used in the field of echinococcoses

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  • 1. National French Reference Centre for Echinococcosis, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté and University Hospital,
  • 2. Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute,
  • 3. Department of Biology and School of Environment & Life Sciences, University of Salford, GB-M5 4WT Manchester, United Kingdom
  • 4. Department of Parasitology, Hohenheim University, DE-70599 Stuttgart, Germany
  • 5. Institute of Parasitology, School of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
  • 6. Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, ANLIS "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán", AR-1281 Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 7. WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Care Management of Echinococcosis and State Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment of High Incidence Diseases in Central Asia, CN-830011 Urumqi, PR China
  • 8. Past-President of the World Association of Echinococcosis, President of the College of General Surgery of the Portuguese Medical Association, PT-1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal

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Vuitton, Dominique A., McManus, Donald P., Rogan, Michael T., Romig, Thomas, Gottstein, Bruno, Naidich, Ariel, Tuxun, Tuerhongjiang, Wen, Hao, Silva, Antonio Menezes da, Association, World (2020): International consensus on terminology to be used in the field of echinococcoses. Parasite (Paris, France) 27 (41): 1-41, DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2020024, URL: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2020024

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