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Shundai Ko1, Tatsuo Maeyashiki2, Nana Fujita3

  • 1Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan Institute for Health Security, Tokyo, Japan.

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This study reports the first human echinococcosis case in Myanmar, caused by Echinococcus ortleppi. The diagnosis was confirmed through pathological findings and genetic sequencing in a traveler returning from Japan.

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