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Volume 21, Number 3—March 2015
Dispatch

Polycystic Echinococcosis in Pacas, Amazon Region, Peru

Pedro Mayor, Laura E. Baquedano, Elisabeth Sanchez, Javier Aramburu, Luis A. Gomez-Puerta, Victor J. Mamani, and Cesar M. GavidiaComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (P. Mayor); Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru (L.E. Baquedano, L.A. Gomez-Puerta, C.M. Gavidia); Instituto Nacional de Salud, Iquitos, Peru (E. Sanchez, J. Aramburu); Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima (V.J. Mamani)

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Figure 1

Multiple Echinococcus vogeli cysts (larval stage) in the liver of a wild paca. A, B) Vesicles exposed at the hepatic surface (arrows). C, D) Transected larvae in thick sections of liver showing internal structure of vesicles and characteristic distribution of brood capsules (arrows). Ruler in panel B indicates centimeters.

Figure 1. Multiple Echinococcus vogeli cysts (larval stage) in the liver of a wild paca. A, B) Vesicles exposed at the hepatic surface (arrows). C, D) Transected larvae in thick sections of liver showing internal structure of vesicles and characteristic distribution of brood capsules (arrows). Ruler in panel B indicates centimeters.

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