Kebede W, Hagos A, Girma Z, Lobago F
Tigray Regional State Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
Trop Anim Health Prod. 2009 Aug;41(6):865-71. doi: 10.1007/s11250-008-9264-9. Epub 2008 Nov 11.
A cross sectional study was carried out to assess the prevalence, economic and public health significance of echinococcosis/hydatidosis in Tigray Regional State, north Ethiopia. Out of 18 stray dogs euthanized and examined, three of them were found harboring the adult parasite Echinococcus granulosus in their small intestine. From 5,194 cattle examined at slaughter houses, 1146 (22.1%) of them were found harboring hydatid cyst. The majority of the infected cattle had hydatid cyst in both liver and lungs. The hydatid cyst infection in the lung, liver, kidney, heart and spleen were found to be 13%, 8.1%, 0.5%, 0.4%, and 0.1%, respectively. The estimated total annual loss from bovine hydatidosis due to offal condemnation (lungs and liver) and carcass weight loss was 25,608 Ethiopian (Eth.) Birr. The present human hydatidosis survey conducted in all six zonal hospitals of Tigray Regional State disclosed one active clinical case in Mekelle hospital during the study period. While, the retrospective data analyses of the six zonal hospitals indicated that eight cases of human hydatidosis were diagnosed since 2000. Thus echinococcosis/hydatidosis is considerably prevalent disease in cattle and it is a serious public health concern in Tigray region.
在埃塞俄比亚北部提格雷州开展了一项横断面研究，以评估棘球蚴病/包虫病的流行情况、经济意义和公共卫生意义。在对18只被安乐死并进行检查的流浪狗中，发现其中3只在小肠中携带成虫寄生虫细粒棘球绦虫。在屠宰场检查的5194头牛中，有1146头（22.1%）被发现携带包虫囊肿。大多数受感染的牛在肝脏和肺部都有包虫囊肿。在肺、肝、肾、心和脾中发现的包虫囊肿感染率分别为13%、8.1%、0.5%、0.4%和0.1%。由于内脏（肺和肝）被拒收以及胴体重量损失，估计牛包虫病每年造成的总损失为25608埃塞俄比亚比尔。在提格雷州所有六家地区医院进行的本次人类包虫病调查显示，在研究期间，梅克内斯医院有1例现患临床病例。同时，对六家地区医院的回顾性数据分析表明，自2000年以来共诊断出8例人类包虫病病例。因此，棘球蚴病/包虫病在牛群中相当普遍，并且是提格雷地区严重的公共卫生问题。
