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Echinococcus Species: Agents of Echinococcosis
Echinococcus Granulosus Description of the Pathogen Echinococcus granulosus , which causes cystic echinococcosis, is a cestode whose life cycle involves dogs and other canids as definitive hosts for the intestinal tapeworm. Domestic and wild ungulates are intermediate hosts for the…