Echinococcus reported in Almaty, Kazakhstan resident

Officials in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan report an unusual case of echinococcosis, a parasitic infection. The patient, a man in his 50s, presented at the emergency department complaining of urinary retention and bursting pains of the abdominal cavity. Surgeons at the City Clinical Hospital No. 4 of Almaty removed four giant cysts with parasites [...]

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