Cystic echinococcosis in Jordan: socioeconomic evaluation and risk factors

Nasrieh, M. A.; Abdel‐Hafez, Sami K.; Kamhawi, S.; Craig, Philip S.; Pm, Schantz

doi:10.1007/s00436-003-0883-9

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“…3,18 In Gansu Han communities, dog ownership was a risk factor for AE. 19 In contrast to a previous study, 20 in our survey echino-- coccosis was not significantly associated with uncooked food collected from the field or garden, livestock ownership, or home slaughtering. Our results re--vealed some unexpected results, such as increased risk related to having some knowledge of human echinococcosis, probably due to misunderstanding of the true risk factor situation.…”

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Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China

Yang

Sun

et al. 2006

Bull World Health Organ

124

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Objective To determine the true community prevalence of human cystic (CE) and alveolar (AE) echinococcosis (hydatid disease) in a highly endemic region in Ningxia Hui, China, by detecting asymptomatic cases. Methods Using hospital records and "AE-risk" landscape patterns we selected study communities predicted to be at risk of human echinococcosis in Guyuan, Longde and Xiji counties. We conducted community surveys of 4773 individuals from 26 villages in 2002 and 2003 using questionnaire analysis, ultrasound examination and serology. Findings Ultrasound and serology showed a range of prevalences for AE (0-8.1%; mean 2%) and CE (0-7.4%; mean 1.6%), with the highest prevalence in Xiji (2% for CE, 2.5% for AE). There were significant differences in the prevalence of CE, AE and total echinococcosis between the three counties and villages (with multiple degrees of freedom). While hospital records showed 96% of echinococcosis cases attributable to CE, our survey showed a higher prevalence of human AE (56%) compared to CE (44%). Questionnaire analysis revealed that key risk factors for infection were age and dog ownership for both CE and AE, and Hui ethnicity and being female for AE. Drinking well-water decreased the risk for both AE and CE. Conclusions Echinococcosis continues to be a severe public health problem in this part of China because of unhygienic practices/ habits and poor knowledge among the communities regarding this disease.

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Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China

Yang

Sun

et al. 2006

Bull World Health Organ

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“…This could be due backyard slaughter of livestock done during religious festival Idi fitri and Idi Aduha. This has been shown to be true among Muslim family clusters in China [22] North Africa and Middle East [33][34][35][36]. This was because whenever there were home slaughters dogs were fed on hydatid cysts from the offals.…”

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Risk factors associated with cystic echinococcosis in humans in selected pastoral and agro-pastoral areas of Uganda

Othieno¹,

Okwi²,

Mupere³

et al. 2017

IJOH

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Aim: It was to determine the risk factors responsible of occurrence of cystic echinococcosis (CE) of humans in the pastoral and agro-pastoral (PAP) in Uganda. Materials and Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted in districts: Moroto, Napak, Nakapiripirit and Amudat in Karamoja region; in agro-pastoral communities of Teso region, in the districts of Kumi and Bukedea; Nakasongola district in Central region and in Kasese district in the Western region. People were subjected to voluntary ultrasound screening for CE. Those found positive to CE on ultrasound screening were interviewed using a special designed form to find out the probable predisposing factors for acquisition of CE infection. Predisposing factors considered were location, age, sex, dog ownership, occupation, water source, and religion. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify key risk factors. Results:In Karamoja region, being female, age beyond 40 years and open spring water sources were the risk factors. While for Nakasongola age beyond 40 years was a risk factor. In Kasese dog ownership, age >60 years and being a Muslim were risk factors. In Teso region dog ownership and age >60 years were the risk factors. Conclusion:Being a pastoralist, a female, increasing age beyond 40 years, open spring water sources, dog ownership and being a Muslim were the risk factors for CE in PAP areas in Uganda.

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“…En el caso del contacto con perros, el que no se encontrara asociación positiva se puede deber a que la asociación se da más de modo individual, lo cual ha sido descrito en estudios donde se evalúan los conocimientos actitudes y prácticas de manera individual en relación al contacto con el perro, determinando que la probabilidad de enfermedad varía con relación al grado de interacción entre el perro y el individuo, ya sea por la ocupación de las personas, los hábitos higiénico alimenticios, la práctica de matanza de ganado en el hogar, la inadecuada eliminación de vísceras contaminadas y el cuidado y alimentación de los perros con vísceras contaminadas (8,26) . Con relación al sexo, estudios previos han documentado que ser mujer mayor a 40 años de edad presenta una asociación positiva con desarrollar hidatidosis (27) ; esto probablemente está relacionado con las actividades que desarrolla la mujer dentro del hogar, así como una mayor exposición a perros infectados dentro del hogar.…”

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Factores domiciliarios asociados con la presencia de hidatidosis humana en tres comunidades rurales de Junín, Perú

Santivañez¹,

Náquira²,

Gavidia³

et al. 2010

Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica

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Introducción. La hidatidosis, zoonosis producida por el estadio larvario de la taenia Echinococcus granulosus, es un problema de salud pública a nivel nacional, en especial en aquellas regiones dedicadas a la crianza de ganado. A la fecha, se han descrito factores, a nivel individual, asociados con la infección por E. granulosus; sin embargo, no se encontró reporte previo que explore la asociación entre características de la vivienda y la presencia de esta enfermedad en alguno de sus miembros. Objetivos. Explorar la asociación entre las características de la vivienda y la presencia de hidatidosis entre las personas que la habitan. Materiales y métodos. Se realizó un estudio transversal en viviendas de tres comunidades rurales de Junín. Se evaluó el grado de asociación entre las características de la vivienda y la presencia de hidatidosis en el hogar mediante un análisis de regresión logística múltiple (RLM). Resultados. De un total de 417 viviendas evaluadas, 56 (13%) de ellas tenían al menos un caso positivo entre sus miembros; luego del análisis de RLM se observó que aquellas viviendas con más de tres miembros, localizadas en la comunidad con quintil de pobreza más bajo, que refirieron crianza de animales, y con una cobertura de evaluación mayor al 25% presentaron una mayor probabilidad de tener al menos un caso de positivo entre sus miembros. Conclusión. Las características observadas deben ser tomadas en cuenta para la determinación preliminar de subgrupos de alto riesgo, optimizando así el uso de los recursos y mejorando la eficacia de los programas de despistaje. Palabras clave: Equinococosis; Asentamientos rurales, Domicilio; Perú (fuente: DeCS BIREME). HOUSEHOLD FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESENCE OF HUMAN HYDATID DISEASE IN THREE RURAL COMMUNITIES OF JUNIN, PERU ABSTRACTIntroduction. Hydatid disease, a zoonosis caused by the larval stage of the parasite Echinococcus granulosus, is a public health problem at national level, especially in those regions dedicated to raising livestock. By now, there are many factors, at individual level, that have been associated to the infection by E. granulosus; nevertheless there is not any previous report that explore the association between household characteristics and the presence of the disease among household members. Objective. To explore the association between household characteristics and the presence of hydatid disease among household members. Material and methods. We performed a cross-sectional study in the households of 3 rural communities located in Junín, we evaluated the association between household characteristics and the presence of hydatid disease by multiple logistic regression (MLR). Results. From 417 evaluated households, 56 (13%) of them had at least one positive case among its members. Multivariate analysis showed that households with three or more members, located in the community with the lowest quintile of poverty, that reported raising livestock, and with evaluation coverage greater than 25% were more likely to have at least one positive cas...

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Cystic echinococcosis in Jordan: socioeconomic evaluation and risk factors

Cited by 33 publications

References 18 publications

Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China

Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China

Risk factors associated with cystic echinococcosis in humans in selected pastoral and agro-pastoral areas of Uganda

Factores domiciliarios asociados con la presencia de hidatidosis humana en tres comunidades rurales de Junín, Perú

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