Epidemiology of hydatid disease in Najaf province/Iraq

Comparative Evaluation of Serodiagnostic Techniques in Cystic Hydatid Disease

HYDATID DISEASE OF THE SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND

Echinococcosis is a tissue infection of the human caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus or E. multilocularis. Hydatid cyst of the head and neck region is uncommon and involvement of the salivary glands, especially the submandibular gland, is very rare. In this article, a case of submandibular gland hydatid cyst is reported in a patient who presented with swelling of this are...

Hydatid Disease

Hydatid Disease in Kathiawar

Hydatid disease prevails most extensively in Iceland and Australia where man is brought into close contact with tlie dogs. In those countries the dogs are used for herding sheep, in which the larval form of the Taenia echinococcus is most frequently found. In Europe it is not uncommon. In the United States of America it is very rare. No mention of India is made in any of the books. In the last ...

Hydatid Disease

The ingestion of the ovum of 'the dog tapeworm results in the development in man of the larval stages of the parasite. The presence of this parasite in one or more of the organs of the body is responsible for a variety of signs and symptoms making up the clinical picture of echinococcosis or hydatid disease. Normally the dog tapeworm has for its intermediate host an herbivorous mammal, commonly...