Early diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of cystic echinococcosis in remote rural areas in Patagonia: impact of ultrasound training of non-specialists.

• Main Authors: Mario Del Carpio (Author), Carlos Hugo Mercapide (Author), Juan Carlos Salvitti (Author), Leonardo Uchiumi (Author), José Sustercic (Author), Hector Panomarenko (Author), Jorge Moguilensky (Author), Eduardo Herrero (Author), Gabriel Talmon (Author), Marcela Volpe (Author), Daniel Araya (Author), Guillermo Mujica (Author), Arnoldo Calabro (Author), Sergio Mancini (Author), Carlos Chiosso (Author), Jose Luis Labanchi (Author), Ricardo Saad (Author), Sam Goblirsch (Author), Enrico Brunetti (Author), Edmundo Larrieu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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UNLABELLED: Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a chronic, complex and neglected disease caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus. The effects of this neglect have a stronger impact in remote rural areas whose inhabitants have no chances of being diagnosed and treated properly without leaving...