The epidemiology of echinococcus infection in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Dada, B. J. O.; Adegboye, D. S.; Mohammed, AN

doi:10.1136/vr.104.14.312

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“…This high prevalence may generally relate to the presence of favorable factors for the transmission and maintenance of high level infection in the areas. This finding is in agreement with other prevalence studies in Africa; 19% by Brahmi (1973), 5% by Dada et al (1979), 0.7% by Larbaoni et al (1980), 0.9% by Gathura et al (1988), 4.6% by Rahman et al (1992), and 16.9% by Bewuket et al (2014), in Tunisia, Nigeria, Algeria, Kenya, Egypt, and Ethiopia respectively). Unlike the results of the current study, Bewuket et al (2014) recorded a higher prevalence of 16.9% (65/384) in Addis Ababa abattoir enterprise.…”

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Prevalence and associated risk factors of cysticechinococcosis in pigs slaughtered at Addis Ababa abattoir enterprise.

Ayele¹,

Gezaw²,

Birhan³

2019

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to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of cystic echinococcosis in pig slaughtered at Addis Ababa abattoir enterprise, central part of Ethiopia. A total of 251 pigs were randomly sampled and routine meat inspection procedure was employed to detect the presence of hydatid cyst in the visceral organs (lung, liver, spleen and kidney), where 25 (9.96%) pigs were positive. Analysis of risk factors for occurrence of the disease revealed that there was statistically significant variation (P<0.05) in swine with different body condition scores and age groups. However, significant variation was not observed (P>0.05) across different sex and origin. Prevalence of distribution of hydatid cyst in different organs from total examined swine were 3.59%, 3.19%, 1.99%, 0.80%, 0.40%, for lungs and livers, livers, lungs, spleens and kidney respectively. In this study, the liver was found to be the most predominantly affected organ (6.77%) followed by the lungs (5.58%), spleen (0.80%) and the least affected organ was kidney (0.40%). As regards size of the cyst from total infected organs, organ with small sized cysts had the highest percentage (67.6%), followed by medium sized cysts (20.6%) and large sized cysts (11.8%). Livers (44.1%) were predominant organ infected with small cyst size while spleen (5.9%) and kidney (2.9%) have only small cyst size. Lungs (14.7%) and liver (5.9%) were infected with medium cyst size while only lungs (11.8%) have large cyst size. From the total of 34 (100%) affected organs, only 4 (11.8%) lungs have more than or equal to three cyst numbers while remaining 30 (88.2 %) affected organs were with less than three cyst numbers.

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Prevalence and associated risk factors of cysticechinococcosis in pigs slaughtered at Addis Ababa abattoir enterprise.

Ayele¹,

Gezaw²,

Birhan³

2019

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“…Prevalence of parasite infection in dogs with importance for human health is usually high, resulting in risk of zoonotic transmission from dogs to humans. The risk is further increased by non-favourable ecological and human behavioural factors [ 11 - 13 ].…”

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Parasites of importance for human health in Nigerian dogs: high prevalence and limited knowledge of pet owners

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BackgroundDogs are the most common pet animals worldwide. They may harbour a wide range of parasites with zoonotic potential, thus causing a health risk to humans. In Nigeria, epidemiological knowledge on these parasites is limited.MethodsIn a community-based study, we examined 396 dogs in urban and rural areas of Ilorin (Kwara State, Central Nigeria) for ectoparasites and intestinal helminths. In addition, a questionnaire regarding knowledge and practices was applied to pet owners.ResultsNine ectoparasite species belonging to four taxa and six intestinal helminth species were identified: fleas (Ctenocephalides canis, Pulex irritans, Tunga penetrans), mites (Demodex canis, Otodectes sp., Sarcoptes scabiei var. canis), ticks (Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Ixodes sp.), and lice (Trichodectes canis); and Toxocara canis, Ancylostoma sp., Trichuris vulpis, Dipylidium caninum, Taenidae and Strongyloides sp. Overall prevalence of ectoparasites was 60.4% and of intestinal helminths 68.4%. The occurrence of C. canis, R. sanguineus, T. canis, Ancylostoma sp. and T. vulpis was most common (prevalence 14.4% to 41.7%). Prevalence patterns in helminths were age-dependent, with T. canis showing a decreasing prevalence with age of host, and a reverse trend in other parasite species. Knowledge regarding zoonoses was very limited and the diseases not considered a major health problem. Treatment with antiparasitic drugs was more frequent in urban areas.ConclusionParasites of importance for human health were highly prevalent in Nigerian dogs. Interventions should include health education provided to dog owners and the establishment of a program focusing on zoonotic diseases.

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“…No CE was diagnosed in small numbers of potential intermediate hosts examined , but potential wild host species are now largely eradicated in this region and are unlikely to play any significant role. 3.7.2.4.3 Cystic echinococcosis in humans There are no published surveys on human CE from western and central Africa, but a number of case reports and case series exist from Senegal (Hane et al, 1989), Ivory Coast (Schmidt et al, 1978), Ghana (DeMarais et al, 1992;Schneider et al, 2010), northern Nigeria (Afonja et al, 1972;Dada et al, 1980), Cameroon (Ankouane et al, 2013), the Central African Republic (Develoux et al, 2011) and from what is today the Democratic Republic of Congo (De Meulemeester and Dardenne, 1958). These records indicate that CE is widespread.…”

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confidence: 99%