The frequency of echinococcosis in Bulgaria has been increasing in the last decade which makes it a serious health problem. Fifty one patients with echinococcosis with more than one organ involved were treated at the department of General and Pediatric Surgery of University Hospital in Stara Zagora between 1989−2004. The lungs and liver were affected in 26 cases, both lungs in 13 cases, the liv...

We report a case of symptomatic massive liver echinococcosis due to Echinococcus granulosus, unexpectedly found in a 34 year old woman living in Apulia, Italy. Based on size (max diameter 18 cm), clinical presentation, geographical area, and natural history of echinococcosis, we estimate that the initial infection should have occurred 9-20 yrs before. Presenting symptoms were those of typical m...

We screened 3,199 people from Shiqu County, Sichuan Province, China, for abdominal echinococcosis (hydatid disease) by portable ultrasound combined with specific serodiagnostic tests. Both cystic echinococcosis (CE) (Echinococcus granulosus infection) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE) (E. multilocularis) were co-endemic in this area at the highest village prevalence values recorded anywhere in t...

Canine echinococcosis is a parasitic cestode infection of public health importance. The present study was carried out to determine the seroprevalence of canine echinococcosis in both rural hunting and urban companion dogs in Oyo State, Nigeria. One hundred and fifty five (155) canine sera were tested for the presence of Echinococcus antigen using the direct enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (EL...

BACKGROUND Serous adenocarcinoma is the most common subtype of ovarian carcinoma, while ovarian echinococcosis is a rare disease of the female genital system. The simultaneous presence of adenocarcinoma and echinococcosis in the same ovary is extremely rare and little data exist regarding diagnosis and treatment approach. MATERIALS AND METHODS In the present paper, we report a rare case of a ...

Background: Cystic Echinococcosis is a significant health problem seen in our country and region, as well. Purpose: The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the anti-Echinococcus IgG seropositivity rates of the patients retrospectively who admitted to Dicle University, Department of Medical Microbiology Laboratory between January 2005 and June 2012 with the diagnosis of cystic echinococc...

Echinococcosis, which can seriously harm human health and animal husbandry production, has become an endemic in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. In order to explore an effective human Echinococcosis forecasting model in Xinjiang, three grey models, namely, the traditional grey GM(1,1) model, the Grey-Periodic Extensional Combinatorial Model (PECGM(1,1)), and the Modified Grey Mode...

Bone involvement in human cystic echinococcosis (CE) is rare, but affects the spine in approximately 50% of cases. Despite significant advances in diagnostic imaging techniques, surgical treatment and introduction of pharmacological therapy, spinal echinococcosis remains associated with a high degree of morbidity, disability and mortality. We systematically reviewed the published literature of ...

Echinococcosis is a serious parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus tapeworms. Protoscoleces are sometimes released during surgical treatment for hydatid cysts, causing the recurrence of echinococcosis. Protoscoleces may be susceptible to radiation therapy. In this study Echinococcus protoscoleces were cultured in vitro and then divided into four different γ-ray irradiation dose groups (10 Gy,...

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE), which is caused by ingestion of eggs of the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis, is the most potentially lethal parasitic infection because of its tendency to invade and proliferate in the liver and the difficulty in treatment. This article describes a case of alveolar echinococcosis found in Ateles geoffroyi in Mashhad, Iran. The cysts were characterized as a...