A Retrospective Analysis on the Cystic Echinococcosis Cases Occured in Northeastern Punjab Province, Pakistan

The Korean Journal of Parasitology

Aisha Khan^1¹  Muhammad Sultanul Muzam^3²  Rabia Amin Butt^3³  Uzma Malik^2⁴  Haroon Ahmed^1⁵  Seyma Gunyakti Kilinc^4⁶  Sarmad Zahoor^2⁷ 

[1] Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Park Road, Chakh Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan^1;Department of Histopathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Pakistan^6;Department of Life Sciences, University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore Pakistan^5;Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Firat, 23119, Elazig, Turkey^4;Department of Pathology, Chughtai Laboratory, Lahore, Pakistan^3;Department of Zoology, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan^7;Mayo Hospital Lahore, Pakistan^2

关键词: Cystic echinococcosis;    epidemiology;    human;    Punjab;    Pakistan;   

DOI  :  10.3347/kjp.2018.56.4.385

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: The Korean Society for Parasitology

【 摘 要 】

A retrospective study was performed to report the case occurrence of cystic echinococcosis (CE) in three hospitals of north-eastern region in Punjab Province, Pakistan. We reviewed retrospectively the clinical records of patients in 4 hospitals which were diagnosed with CE during 2012–2017. A total of 198 cases, 82 (41.4%) male and 116 (58.6%) females were detected as CE. The most Highest incidence was revealed in.... 21–30 years-old group (24.2%) followed by 41–50 (22.7%), 31–40 (16.2%), 11–20 (13.6%), 51–60 (8.1%), below 10 (5.5%), over 71 (5.1%) and 61–70 year-old group (4.5%). CE was detected in various organs of infected individuals. However, most of CE cases were detected in the liver (47.4%) and lung (18.6%). The present study indicated that CE is more or less prevalent in surveyed areas and one of the most important public health problems in Punjab Province, Pakistan.

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