Background: Hydatidosis is a neglected cyclo-zoonotic disease in Middle East countries particularly southeast of Iran which is caused by metacestode of tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato. Human hydatidosis is a high public health priority in the area, however there is little known from a phylogenetic perspective on molecular epidemiology of adult Echinococcus spp. in Iranian shepherd d...

background and aims: hydatidosis is a major health problem caused by larva stage of cestodes belonging to the genus echinococcus granulosus with a cosmopolitan distribution. zoonoses have a mountain side distribution in iran. echinococcus granulosus takes places in two models sylvatic and domestic. both life-cycles are present in iran and human is considered as an afferent host. the prevalence ...

The goals of this study were: (I) to report the helminth population in cattle, sheep and goats; (II) to determine the concentration and diversity of the population; and (III) to study the role of host age, host sex, diet and season in structuring the population. A total of 485 cattle, 1144 sheep and 989 goats were examined for helminth population for four seasons. The helminth population consis...

A 32-year-old woman was admitted to hospital complaining of right upper quadrant and epigastrium abdominal pain, and nausea. On routine physical examination an abdominal mass was discovered on the right upper quadrant. Liver tests were normal. Magnetic resonance imaging of the abdomen revealed a low-density cystic mass. A cystectomy was performed. Hydatid sand containing a protoscolex of Echino...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to determine the molecular characteristics of Echinococcus granulosus from paraffin-embedded tissues of hydatid cysts isolated from human and protoscoleces of hydatid cysts from sheep, cattle and camel isolates using PCR- RFLP of ITS1- rDNA analysis in Golestan Province, northern Iran. METHODS E. granulosus isolates from human patients infected with...