Disseminated cystic echinococcosis of Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610-1670).

J Infect

Division of Paleopathology, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma 57, 56126 Pisa, Italy.

Published: November 2019

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