Echinococcus granulosus (EG) is a neglected pathology that causes cystic echinococcosis and primarily affects the liver and lung. EG infects ~6 million worldwide and mortality is quoted as 2-4% per 100 000 inhabitants. The increase in human traffic from endemic regions demands clinician's awareness. Dogs are the most common definitive host for the EG tapeworm. Human infection requires ingestion...

Various species of Echinococcus have been described in the past from wild mammals of sub-Saharan Africa. However, it is only recently, that a few isolates have become available for molecular identification; therefore, the involvement of wildlife in the lifecycles of the various cryptic species within Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato is still only partially known. A preliminary survey was unde...

Eosinophilia is considered as severe at levels of >5 × 10 9 /L [1]. In childhood, the causes of severe eosinophilia are parasitic infections A boy from a rural area of Turkey, aged 6 years and 10 months, was admitted to our clinic with abdominal pain and severe hypereosinophilia. He had lately developed abdominal pain at the umbilical area, waxing and waning in character. His physical examinati...

An analysis of the rostellar hooks of Australian isolates of Echinococcus granulosus revealed that there was less variation in larval (metacestode) than adult characters and that metacestode characters could be measured directly from adult worms. A factor analysis indicated that two factors, one representing a contrast between number of hooks and their length, and the other representing blade l...

Protoscoleces of Echinococcus granulosus were cultured in vitro in 500, 250 or 100 micrograms/l albendazole sulphoxide for 1,3,7,10,14d and then 'rescued' (R) into drug-free medium for the remainder of the culture period. Successful minimum lengths of therapy were much longer than for praziquantel, and only at 500 micrograms/l was the 10dR treatment as effective as continuous therapy for 28d. T...

Hydatid cysts in the neck and breast are rare and are incidental finding in neck and breast specimens. It is a zoonotic disease which is due to infectivity with larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus. The disease is chronic and cysts can be lodged in different organs. It has cosmopolitan distribution and impact health and economical challenges for many countries throughout the world. Therefore...

BACKGROUND Echinococcus granulosus is usually transmitted between canid definitive hosts and ungulate intermediate hosts. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Lesions found in the livers of ground squirrels, Spermophilus dauricus/alashanicus, trapped in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, an area in China co-endemic for both E. granulosus and E. multilocularis, were subjected to molecular genotyping for...

Cystic echinococcosis (CE), also known as "hydatid disease" (HD), is a zoonotic infection caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, which infects humans as intermediate hosts through the orofecal route. Carried by the intestinal venous blood, the embryos released by the eggs of the tapeworms can reach every organ, especially the liver, turning into a hydatid cyst. Usually asymptoma...

In Vitro Protoscolicidal Activity of Pomegranate (Punica Granatum) Rind and Barberry (Berberis Vulgaris) Alcoholic Extracts against Hydatid Cysts Caused by Echinococcus granulosus

Common Name: Dog Tapeworm. Echinococcus granulosus is most prevalent and causes cystic hydatid disease. multilocularis uncommon responsible for alveolar Hydatid disease a significant health problem worldwide. It zoonosis. Adult worm lives in the small intestine of dog rarely wolf fox. optimal definitive host. The larval stage (hydatid cyst) found herbivorous animal like sheep, goat, cattle. Man...