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Disseminated Echinococcus multilocularis Infection without Liver Involvement in Child, Canada, 2018.

ABSTRACT: An immunocompetent child in Canada received a diagnosis of disseminated alveolar Echinococcus multilocularis infection. The case lacked typical features of liver involvement and was possibly related to a rare congenital portosystemic shunt. We summarize the rapidly evolving epidemiology of E. multilocularis parasites in Canada.

SUBMITTER: Joyce J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7392456 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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