Human hydatidosis in Niger.
Thirty-two cases of hydatidosis were collected in two Nigerian hospitals during a 5-year period; 81% of these had extra-hepatic localizations. Human hydatidosis has been considered as exceptional in West Africa but seems to be an underestimated disease in Niger. Studies in slaughtered animals from Niger show a high prevalence of hydatidosis in camels while no infection was found among sheep.
Develoux
M
M
Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Niamey, Republic of Niger.
Audoin
J
J
Lamothe
F
F
Gali
A
A
Warter
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A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus / Q000469:parasitology; D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000453:epidemiology; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009548:Niger / Q000453:epidemiology; D012424:Rural Population