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ECHINOCOCCOSIS MULTILOCULARIS IN SOUTH-EASTERN ANATOLIA, TURKEY
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Objective: To quantify the human prevalence, elucidate possible risk factors and present other
epidemiological parameters of human alveolar echinococcosis in the south-eastern region of
Turkey.
Design: A retrospective study.
Settings: South-eastern region (Anatolia) of Turkey by two medical centres: Dicle University
Medical Faculty in Diyarbakir and Harran University Medical Faculty in Urfa.
Subjects: Forty seven cases of human alveolar echinococcosis were presented between the
period of 1980 and 2000.
Methods: For the majority of our patients, personal anamnestic, clinical data and addresses
were available from their files, and we visited their villages to investigate the risk factors for
human alveolar echinococcosis. Epidemiological parameters were evaluated.
Results: The 47 cases consisted of 18 (38.3%) males and 29 (61.7%) females. The average age
was 34.6 years. In all cases, lesions occurred in the liver. No village or district had more than
one case. The majority of patients (73.8%) were farmers and 33 had a history of dog ownership.
Conclusion: This region has a higher incidence than Turkey as a whole, and domestic dogs and
free-ranging dogs seem to be the main source of infection.
Objective: To quantify the human prevalence, elucidate possible risk factors and present other
epidemiological parameters of human alveolar echinococcosis in the south-eastern region of
Turkey.
Design: A retrospective study.
Settings: South-eastern region (Anatolia) of Turkey by two medical centres: Dicle University
Medical Faculty in Diyarbakir and Harran University Medical Faculty in Urfa.
Subjects: Forty seven cases of human alveolar echinococcosis were presented between the
period of 1980 and 2000.
Methods: For the majority of our patients, personal anamnestic, clinical data and addresses
were available from their files, and we visited their villages to investigate the risk factors for
human alveolar echinococcosis. Epidemiological parameters were evaluated.
Results: The 47 cases consisted of 18 (38.3%) males and 29 (61.7%) females. The average age
was 34.6 years. In all cases, lesions occurred in the liver. No village or district had more than
one case. The majority of patients (73.8%) were farmers and 33 had a history of dog ownership.
Conclusion: This region has a higher incidence than Turkey as a whole, and domestic dogs and
free-ranging dogs seem to be the main source of infection.
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