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Med Sante Trop
; 23(2): 235, 2013 May 01.
Article
in French
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24001653
ABSTRACT
An analysis at the Mustapha University Hospital Center of Algiers examined 78 hydatid samples collected between 2005 and 2012 to determine the fertility rate of metacestodes and the viability of protoscolices. The fertility rate of the hydatid cysts in humans was 88.4% and the protoscolex viability rate 74.5%. The fertility and viability rates found here are high, despite the use of scolicides.