Diagnosis of Cystic Echinococcosis, Central Peruvian Highlands
Cesar M. Gavidia*

, Armando E. Gonzalez*, Wenbao Zhang†, Donald P. McManus†, Luis Lopera*, Berenice Ninaquispe*, Hector H. Garcia‡, Silvia Rodríguez§, Manuela Verastegui‡, Carmen Calderon*, William K.Y. Pan¶, and Robert H. Gilman¶
Author affiliations: *Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, San Borja, Lima, Peru; †The Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; ‡Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; §Instituto de Ciencias Neurologicas, Lima, Peru; ¶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;
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Figure 2. Ultrasonographic images of cystic echinococcosis in the liver in patients from the Yanahuanca district, Central Peruvian Highlands. A) Cyst type CE1; B) Cyst type CE2; C) Cyst type CE4.
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