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Iran J Parasitol
January 2020
Research Center for Hydatid Disease in Iran, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Background: Human echinococcosis is a neglected zoonotic disease distributed worldwide. It comprises cystic and alveolar forms, the former being the more prevalent disease. Imaging techniques are the first choice for diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis and serology is used as an additional diagnostic technique in doubtful cases or as the sole test in low-resource settings.
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September 2015
Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Parazitoloji Anabilim Dalı, Van, Türkiye.
Objective: This study was performed in order to contribute the data on the prevalence of cystic echinococcosis (CE) in Turkey and to reveal this parasitosis problem in Van province.
Methods: Blood samples of 2642 patients (1214 men, 1428 women; 506 of them 0-13 age, 2136 of them 14 and over age group), which were sent with suspected CE to Parasitology Laboratory from various policlinics of Yüzüncü Yıl University Medical Faculty, between the dates of 01.09.
Rev Sanid Hig Publica (Madr)
May 1995
Programa de Lucha contra la Hidatidosis, Consejo de Salud Pública de Río Negro.
Background: The early diagnosis of Human Hydatidosis through immunologic methods has been one of the most important activities displayed by the Programme of Struggle (fight) in endemic areas of Argentina, to improve the prediction of the Hydatid patient. It is of great interest to define exactly the advantages and limitations of the DD5 and Elisa techniques in the diagnosis of hydatidosis in inhabited areas with no clinic symptoms of the disease.
Methods: For this, the sensibility, the specification and predictive value of both methods has been evaluated, studying serologically 499 inhabitants from a rural community in the Province of Río Negro.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
January 1995
Centro Panamericano de Zoonosis, Hidatidosis de la Provincia de Rio Negro, Viedma, Argentina.
The basic strategy for development of hydatid struggle programs is in the actuality: Primary Attention of Health. In the present work and in this instance, it's arm a precocious detection system of hydatid disease, fixed in immunologic diagnostic by means of ELISA technical beginning with blood capillary samples, taken in filter paper by teachers and sanitary agents from official services of Rio Negro Province. 177 teachers and 45 sanitary agents were trained, correspondent to 25 schools, 3 lodging schools and 9 Hospitals all of them from rural area.
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