title: Neotropical echinococcosis caused by Echinococcus vogeli in a 6-year-old child: the second case report in humans in French Guiana.
abstract: Human polycystic echinococcosis is a parasitic infection caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus vogeli which occurs in rural areas of Central and South America. Abdominal echinococcosis caused by E. vogeli is reported for the first time in a child, a 6-year-old boy in French Guiana. The diagnosis was made by histological and molecular techniques. In tropical regions, this neglected disease must be considered even in children.
authors.affiliation: a Laboratoire Hospitalier et Universitaire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CH Andrée Rosemon et EA 3593, Faculté de Médecine, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane , Cayenne , French Guyana.|b Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie , CHU de Nancy, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy , France.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Debourgogne
authors.affiliation: a Laboratoire Hospitalier et Universitaire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CH Andrée Rosemon et EA 3593, Faculté de Médecine, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane , Cayenne , French Guyana.
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blanchet
authors.affiliation: c Laboratoire d'Anatomo-Pathologie , CH Andrée Rosemon , Cayenne , French Guyana.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fior
authors.affiliation: d ANSES, Laboratoire de la rage et de la faune sauvage de Nancy , Laboratoire National de Référence Echinococcus sp. , Malzeville , France.
authors.forename: Gérald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Umhang
authors.affiliation: a Laboratoire Hospitalier et Universitaire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CH Andrée Rosemon et EA 3593, Faculté de Médecine, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane , Cayenne , French Guyana.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.affiliation: a Laboratoire Hospitalier et Universitaire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CH Andrée Rosemon et EA 3593, Faculté de Médecine, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane , Cayenne , French Guyana.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aznar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005616:French Guiana; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
keywords: Echinococcosis; Echinococcus vogeli; Molecular diagnosis