Cystic echinococcosis in southern Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Mario L. De La Rue¹ 

[1] ,Federal University of Santa Maria Department of Microbiology and Parasitology Santa Maria RS ,Brazil

关键词: Cystic echinococcosis;    Epidemiology;    Southern Brazil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46652008000100012

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is very common in the southern part of Rio Grande do Sul State where sheep and cattle raising is the most important economical activity. Prevalence in intermediate hosts is well known due to reports in slaughterhouses while human reports are of discussed value. This is due to underreporting of cases and few epidemiological studies make it difficult to assess the situation of echinococcosis in the population. Whereas cattle infection rate is more or less stable around 12% of the slaughter animals, in sheep there has been an increasing number in the last five years. Some efforts have been done to control the zoonosis but no effective results were obtained so far. Probably educational efforts to change human practices (feeding dogs with raw viscera), periodic treatment of dogs with praziquantel and joined actions with slaughterhouses could bring more attention to improve some control measures.

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