[Review of 17 cases of human hydatiosis published in West Africa. Apropos of the 4th Ivory Coast case].
Seventeen cases of echinococcus cysts in West Africa has been published up today. All concern Black Africans. Ten are located in the lungs, two in the liver. Want of any animal or human epidemiological studies doesn't permit to find out the reasons of this scarceness.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000354:Africa, Western; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000453:epidemiology; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
Revue des dix-sept cas d'hydatidose humaine publiés en Afrique de l'Ouest. A propos du 4 cas ivoirien.