Post-treatment follow-up study of abdominal cystic echinococcosis in tibetan communities of northwest Sichuan Province, China.

• Main Authors: Tiaoying Li (Author), Akira Ito (Author), Renqing Pengcuo (Author), Yasuhito Sako (Author), Xingwang Chen (Author), Dongchuan Qiu (Author), Ning Xiao (Author), Philip S Craig (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Human cystic echinococcosis (CE), caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, with the liver as the most frequently affected organ, is known to be highly endemic in Tibetan communities of northwest Sichuan Province. Antiparasitic treatment with albendazole r...