A retrospective study of human cystic echinococcosis in Jordan

Global Distribution of Alveolar and Cystic Echinococcosis

“…Fourteen of twenty-five dogs (56%) were infected around a disposal area of a municipal slaughterhouse, where condemned organs were readily available. In five regions of Jordan, CE prevalence was 12.9% in sheep, 12.7% in goats, 0.9% in cattle and 11% in camels (Kamhawi, 1995). CE was found in 44.9% of camels slaughtered in Al-Ramtha abattoir in northern Jordan (Sharrif et al, 1998).…”

“…In Jordan, according to an investigation in 18 major hospitals, the mean annual surgical incidence of CE has been estimated at 2.9/10 5 inhabitants (Kamhawi, 1995) and it was estimated that CE surgery constitutes 0.1e 1.2% of total surgical operations (Nasrieh et al, 2003). Source of domestic water was described as a significant risk factor for human CE in Jordan (Dowling et al, 2000).…”

Skeletal Muscle Echinococcosis: A Rare Manifestation of Echinococcal Disease.

“…The liver and lungs are the most frequently involved organs. 1 Although any organ in the body may be involved, a hydatid cyst in muscles is extremely rare. The mean incidence of echinococcosis in Jordan is 2.9 per 100,000 and is higher in rural areas.…”

“…The mean incidence of echinococcosis in Jordan is 2.9 per 100,000 and is higher in rural areas. 1 The liver is the most common organ to be involved (54.5%), followed by the lungs (12.1%). 1 A case of hydatid cyst of the adductor muscle group causing obstruction of the femoral artery and vein was described in Turkey.…”

Clinical, Radio-Ultrasonographicl and Serological Features of Hydatid and Simple Cysts in Human

“…In the entire Iran more than 5,000 patients of CE were treated surgically in a 14-year period (1980-1993) [11]. A 676 CE surgical cases in Jordan have been recorded between 1985 and 1993, and the annual rates in different areas of the country were valuated to be 0.5 to 8.2 cases per 100,000 [12].Recent records accentuate that CE continues to be public health problem in humans in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya and seemingly to a smaller degree in Egypt where the yearly frequency of hospital cases is expected to be less than 1 per 100,000 population [13]. Since the increase of emigration and trade, the hydatid cyst can befall also in non-widespread countries [6].…”