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Published on: September 16, 2022
Infection status of hydatid cysts in humans and sheep in Uzbekistan
Sung-Tae Hong1, Yan Jin, Khikmat Anvarov
1Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, Korea. hst@snu.ac.kr
Abstract:
Uzbekistan is endemic of cystic echinococcosis (CE). In order to estimate endemicity of CE, we collected data from emergency surgery due to CE in 2002-2010 and also investigated the prevalence of hydatid cysts in the liver and lungs of sheep at an abattoir in Uzbekistan from July 2009 to June 2010. In 14 emergency hospitals, 8,014 patients received surgical removal or drainage of CE during 2002-2010, and 2,966 patients were found in 2010. A total of 22,959 sheep were grossly examined of their liver and lungs, and 479 (2.1%) and 340 (1.5%) of them were positive for the cyst in the liver and lungs, respectively. Echinococcus granulosus is actively transmitted both to humans and sheep, and CE is a zoonotic disease of public health priority in Uzbekistan.
