Echinococcosis Alveolar Hydatid disease

AHD results from being infected with the larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis, a microscopic tapeworm (1-4 millimetres) found in foxes, coyotes, dogs and cats. Although human cases are rare, infection in humans causes parasitic tumours to form in the liver, and, less commonly, the lungs, brain, and other organs. If left untreated, infection with AHD can be fatal. The disease occurs worldwide.

Manifestations: Larvae produce cysts in primary the liver, but can spread to the whole body: The cysts are slow growing so they may not produce symptoms for many years.

Diagnose and treatment: Diagnose is based on demonstrating cysts in the liver by CT-scans. Therapy is available.

Prevent Echinococcosis by:

Don’t touch a fox, coyote, or other wild canine, dead or alive, unless you are wearing gloves. Hunters and trappers should use plastic gloves to avoid exposure.
Don’t keep wild animals, especially wild canines, as pets or encourage them to come close to your home.
Don’t allow your cats and dogs to wander freely or to capture and eat rodents.
If you think that your pet may have eaten rodents, consult your veterinarian about the possible need for preventive treatments.
After handling pets, always wash your hands with soap and warm water.
Do not collect or eat wild fruits or vegetables picked directly from the ground. All wild-picked foods should be washed carefully or cooked before eating.

Alveolar Hydatid disease Resource:

The nervous and prenervous roles of serotonin in Echinococcus spp.

Int J Parasitol

A new intermediate host for Echinococcus multilocularis: The southern red-backed vole (Myodes gapperi) in urban landscape in Calgary, Canada.

Parasitol Int

Tradition and transition: parasitic zoonoses of people and animals in alaska, northern Canada, and greenland.

Adv Parasitol

Chemotherapy in alveolar echinococcosis of multi-organs: what's the role?

Parasitol Res

Drivers of Echinococcus multilocularis transmission in China: small mammal diversity, landscape or climate?

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

Environmental changes impacting Echinococcus transmission: research to support predictive surveillance and control.

Glob Chang Biol

Development of Three PCR Assays for the Differentiation between Echinococcus shiquicus, E. granulosus (G1 genotype), and E. multilocularis DNA in the Co-Endemic Region of Qinghai-Tibet plateau, China.

Am J Trop Med Hyg

LeGoo polymer injection into hydatid cyst would eliminate intraoperative spillage of scolices.

Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

Alveolar hydatid disease (Echinococcus multilocularis) in the liver of a Canadian dog in British Columbia, a newly endemic region.

Can Vet J

Human alveolar echinococcosis in Poland: 1990-2011.

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

Immune responses on allograft heart transplantation in inbred rats infected with Echinococcosis multilocularis.

Chin Med J (Engl)

Alveolar echinococcosis: spectrum of findings at cross-sectional imaging.

Radiographics

Alveolar echinococcosis of the liver: report of three cases from different geographic areas of iran.

Hepat Mon

Parasitoses of the human central nervous system.

J Helminthol

[Establishment and evaluation of colloid gold labeled immunochromatographic strip test for rapid diagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis].

Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi

Echinococcus alveolaris: presenting as a cerebral metastasis.

Turk Neurosurg

A diagnostic study of Echinococcus multilocularis in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Great Britain.

Vet Parasitol

Investigations and actions taken during 2011 due to the first finding of Echinococcus multilocularis in Sweden.

Euro Surveill

Impact of anthropogenic and natural environmental changes on Echinococcus transmission in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the People's Republic of China.

Parasit Vectors

[Alveolar echinococcosis in Turkey: in the light of the literature].

Turkiye Parazitol Derg

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