Immunohistological detection of small particles of Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus granulosus in lymph nodes is associated with enlarged lymph nodes in alveolar and cystic echinococcosis.

• Main Authors: Johannes Grimm (Author), Juliane Nell (Author), Andreas Hillenbrand (Author), Doris Henne-Bruns (Author), Julian Schmidberger (Author), Wolfgang Kratzer (Author), Beate Gruener (Author), Tilmann Graeter (Author), Michael Reinehr (Author), Achim Weber (Author), Peter Deplazes (Author), Peter Möller (Author), Annika Beck (Author), Thomas F E Barth (Author)
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• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Alveolar (AE) and cystic echinococcosis (CE) in humans are caused by the metacestode of the tapeworms Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato (s.l.). Immunohistochemistry with the monoclonal antibodies (mAb) Em2G11, specific for AE, and the m...