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Alveolar echinococcosis in southern Belgium: retrospective experience of a tertiary center

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  1. ECHINO-LIEGE, CHU Liege (CHU-ULg), Liège, Belgium

    Audrey Cambier, Philippe Leonard, Bertrand Losson, Jean-Baptiste Giot, Noëlla Bletard, Paul Meunier, Roland Hustinx, Nicolas Meurisse, Jean Delwaide, Pierre Honore, Marie-Pierre Hayette & Olivier Detry

  2. Department of Infectiology, CHU Liege (CHU-ULg), Liege, Belgium

    Audrey Cambier, Philippe Leonard & Jean-Baptiste Giot

  3. Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, University of Liege (ULg), Liege, Belgium

    Bertrand Losson

  4. Department of Pathology, CHU Liege (CHU-ULg), Liege, Belgium

    Noëlla Bletard

  5. Department of Radiology, CHU Liege (CHU-ULg), Liege, Belgium

    Paul Meunier

  6. Department of Nuclear Medicine, CHU Liege (CHU-ULg), Liege, Belgium

    Roland Hustinx

  7. Department of Abdominal Surgery and Transplantation, CHU Liege (CHU-ULg), Liege, Belgium

    Nicolas Meurisse, Pierre Honore & Olivier Detry

  8. Department of Hepato - Gastroenterology, CHU Liege (CHU-ULg), Liege, Belgium

    Jean Delwaide

  9. Department of Clinical Microbiology, CHU Liege (CHU-ULg), Liege, Belgium

    Marie-Pierre Hayette

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Cambier, A., Leonard, P., Losson, B. et al. Alveolar echinococcosis in southern Belgium: retrospective experience of a tertiary center. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 37, 1195–1196 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-018-3233-7

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