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Isolation And Dendritic Cell-Uptake of Small Extracellular Vesicles from Echinococcus granulosus
Published on: March 28, 2025
[A probable case of alveolar echinococcosis in Normandy, France]
Laurent Costes1, Anne Thirot-Bidault, Valérie Dhalluin-Venier
1Service des Maladies du foie et de l'appareil digestif, Hôpital de Bicêtre.
Abstract:
Echinococcus multilocularis induced liver infection was diagnosed in a Moroccan patient. Diagnosis was based on CT scan results and Western Blot test. Contamination probably occurred in France, in the Cherbourg area where the patient travelled frequently and ate wild berries. This case and other recently reported cases outside the usual endemic areas (Besançon and the Massif Central) suggest that the Echinococcus multilocularis epidemic has moved towards the west of France. French gastroenterologists should be aware of this parasitic disease.
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