Volume 14, Number 2—February 2008

Historical Review

Emergence of Polycystic Neotropical Echinococcosis

Dennis Tappe*† , August Stich†, and Matthias Frosch*

Author affiliations: *University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; †Medical Mission Hospital, Würzburg, Germany;

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Figure 4

Figure 4. The paca, Cuniculus paca, the natural intermediate host for Echinococcus vogeli and rarely E. oligarthrus. Drawing by Robert Kretschmer (1818–1872).

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