Echinococcosis granulosus in stray dogs and Echino-IHAT in the hunters in Cairo, Egypt.
A total of fifty stray dogs of both sex and of different ages were examined for natural infection with Echinococcus granulosus after post-mortem. Three main intestinal helminthes were recovered. These were in descending order of abundance Dipylidium caninum, Toxocara canis and E. granulosus. The latter worm was demonstrated in eight of them (16%). The sera of three out of 21 dog-hunters (14.3%) showed positive Echino-IHAT. Two of the hunters suffered Enterobius vermicularis and one of them had Taenia saginata as well. But, the abdominal X-ray of the two hunters was more or less normal and did not show any hydatid cyst.
Mazyad
Said A M
SA
Research and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.
Mahmoud
Lily H
LH
Hegazy
Mamdouh M
MM
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004534:Egypt; D017229:Enterobiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D004757:Enterobius / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity; D041202:Taenia saginata / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D015047:Zoonoses
D000909:Antibodies, Helminth