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. 2013 May 1;23(2):235.
doi: 10.1684/mst.2013.0205.

[Hydatid fertility and protoscolex viability in humans: study of 78 hydatid samples collected between 2005 and 2012 and analyzed at the parasitology laboratory of the Mustapha University Hospital Center of Algiers]

[Article in French]
H Zait  1 , M Boulahbel, F Zait, I Achir, M T Guerchani, H Chaouche, Y Ladjadje, B Hamrioui
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[Hydatid fertility and protoscolex viability in humans: study of 78 hydatid samples collected between 2005 and 2012 and analyzed at the parasitology laboratory of the Mustapha University Hospital Center of Algiers]

[Article in French]
H Zait et al. Med Sante Trop. .
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Abstract

An analysis at the Mustapha University Hospital Center of Algiers examined 78 hydatid samples collected between 2005 and 2012 to determine the fertility rate of metacestodes and the viability of protoscolices. The fertility rate of the hydatid cysts in humans was 88.4% and the protoscolex viability rate 74.5%. The fertility and viability rates found here are high, despite the use of scolicides.

Keywords: Algeria; cestode; echinococcosis; hydatidosis; parasite.

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