title: Hydatid disease in the Hamar of Ethiopia: a public health problem for women.
abstract: A population-based study of hydatid disease was conducted among the Hamar of Ethiopia. Seven of 990 patients examined with a portable ultrasound scanner proved to have cysts (0.7% prevalence). Cysts were most common (4.7%) among women > or = 40 years of age. Only one male presented with a cyst. These results indicate a sex-specific hydatid public health problem in this tribe.
authors.affiliation: Arba Minch Hospital, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Klungsøyr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Courtright
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Hendrikson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D044469:Racial Groups; D012737:Sex Factors