Attanasio E, Ferretti G, Palmas C
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1985;79(2):154-8. doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(85)90320-7.
In Sardinia, hydatidosis due to Echinococcus granulosus is endemic and constitutes a current and important problem in the economy and public health. This paper reviews the epidemiological aspects, including the geographical distribution, and the socio-cultural factors involved in the dissemination of hydatidosis. Hospital data indicate that about 200 people undergo surgery for hydatid cysts every year with an average of 8.8 deaths annually. An average of 80% of the sheep are infected, constituting a livestock loss estimated as over 20 billion liras per year. The benefits expected from a hypothetical control programme amount to approximately 32 billion liras against an investment of 17 billion liras in a control programme extending over a period of 10 years. The eradication campaign should result in a gradual reduction of infection rate from 80% to 10% in sheep, from 30% to 3-5% in dogs and in a reduction of human morbidity from 200 to 15 cases, equal to a prevalence rate of 1 per 100,000 inhabitants.
在撒丁岛，由细粒棘球绦虫引起的包虫病呈地方性流行，是当前经济和公共卫生领域的一个重要问题。本文回顾了包括地理分布在内的流行病学方面，以及与包虫病传播有关的社会文化因素。医院数据显示，每年约有200人因包虫囊肿接受手术，平均每年有8.8人死亡。平均80%的绵羊受到感染，造成的牲畜损失估计每年超过200亿里拉。假设实施一项控制计划，预计收益约为320亿里拉，而在一项为期10年的控制计划中投资为170亿里拉。根除运动应使绵羊的感染率从80%逐步降至10%，狗的感染率从30%降至3%-5%，并使人类发病率从200例降至15例，即每10万居民中1例的患病率。
