title: Second reported case of multilocular hydatid disease in Iraq.
abstract: Hydatid disease is an important zoonotic disease with a worldwide distribution. In the Middle East, as well as in some other parts of the world, it has always been a serious economic and public health problem. The disease is endemic and enzootic in Iraq. In Iraq, the disease is caused by Echinococcus granulosus but a multilocular hydatid cyst of E. multilocularis has been recovered from the liver of a woman in Erbil, North Iraq. This paper documents the second case of hydatid disease caused by E. multilocularis, this time reported in Basrah, Southern Iraq.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Al-Sadar Teaching Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq.
authors.forename: Abdul-Khalik Zaki
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Benyan
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq.
authors.forename: Nadham Kadham
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Mahdi
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Al-Sadar Teaching Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq.
authors.forename: Fouzi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abdul-Amir
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Al-Sadar Teaching Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq.
authors.forename: Osama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ubaid