Echinococcus Definition

Echinococcus Sentence Examples

• Taenia echinococcus has only three, Echinobothrium four, Bothriocephalus three thousand.

• Of all parasites the one which by its mere presence is the most dangerous is the larva of Taenia echinococcus.

• The embryo of the taenia echinococcus finds its way from the stomach or intestine into a vein passing to the liver, and, settling itself in the liver, causes so much disturbance there that a capsule of inflammatory material forms around it.

• Man himself, as well as other mammals, is the intermediate host of the dangerous parasite, Taenia echinococcus, in countries where cleanliness is neglected; the pig is the host of Taenia solium, and other cases may be seen from the table at the end of this article.

• B, Echinococcus, showing at a and b the formation of secondary bladders, which at c are forming scolices.