Medical Microbiology

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Morphologyanddevelopment

&Adultstage.E.multilocularisisonly 2 – 4 mmlong.Typically,theadult

cestodehasfive(twotosix)proglottidsandischaracterizedbyasac-shaped

uteruscontainingupto 200 eggs(Fig. 1 0. 10 b).

DistributionofEchinococcusmultilocularis

D

B

F

L

CHFL

CZ

A

PL

a

b

SK

NL

Fig. 1 0. 11 aApproximateglobaldistribution(status: 1 999);bapproximatedis-

tributioninCentralEurope(status: 1 999)(ÓInstitutfu ̈rParasitologie,Universita ̈t

Zu ̈rich,J.Eckert,F.Grimm,andH.Bucklar).A:Austria,B:Belgium,CH:Switzerland,

CZ:CzechRepublic,D:Germany,F:France,FL:Liechtenstein,L:Luxembourg,NL:

theNetherlands,PL:Poland,SK:SlovakRepublic.FocihavebeenlocatedinDen-

markandontheNorwegianSvalbardIslandsintheArcticOcean.

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