Poole, Karen E.
Echinococcus
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Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassCestoda
- OrderCyclophyllidea
- FamilyTaeniidae
エキノコックス（ラテン語：Echinococcus）は、扁形動物門条虫綱真性条虫亜綱円葉目テニア科エキノコックス属に属する条虫の総称である。ヒトに感染し、エキノコックス症を発症させる。
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 926
- With media
- 36
- Family
- Taeniidae
- Collections
- MSB, USNM
- Recorded in
- Mongolia, United States
Research
11,338 papers- Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato and Echinococcus multilocularis: A review.Research in veterinary science · 2021
- Echinococcus ortleppi infection in humans: An emerging zoonosis in Asia.Parasitology international · 2024
- Echinococcus spp. Tapeworms in North America.Emerging infectious diseases · 2018
- miRNAs and lncRNAs in Echinococcus and Echinococcosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
- Echinococcus antigens.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 1968
via PubMed
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- References
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Echinococcus is a genus within Cestoda, a parasitic class of the platyhelminthes phylum (colloquially known as flatworms). Human echinococcosis is an infectious disease caused by the following species: E. granulosus, E. multilocularis, E. vogeli or E. oligarthrus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Echinococcus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.