The seroprevalence of cystic hydatidosis in Oman

Abattoir based surveillance of cystic echinococcosis (CE) in the Sultanate of Oman during 2010–2013

“…Higher percentage of positive samples were from local breeds of animals indicating that E. granulosus is endemic in livestock of Oman (Idris et al, 1999;Al Kitani et al, 2012). Another reason could be the difference of slaughtering age between imported and local animals.…”

“…CE is endemic in Middle East countries and have been reported from Iraq (Saeed et al, 2000), Kuwait (Hassounah and Behbehani, 1976), Saudi Arabia (Ibrahim, 2010), Iran (Ahmadi, 2005;Sadjjadi, 2006;Daryani et al, 2007;Adinehbeigi et al, 2012). Presence of echincococcosis in livestock can be suspected through a previous study (Idris et al, 1999) where 1 out of 306 human and 5 out of 390 camel sera were found positive for cystic hydatosis by indirect haemagglutinition assay. Furthermore, data from the Ministry of Health (MOH) indicated the presence of clinical cases in human (12 diagnosed cases in the last 5 years all over Oman) and recently, we have reported the incidence of CE in the slaughtered goats in Oman (Al-Kitani et al, 2014).…”

Case Series of Cystic Echinococcosis Over a Twelve-year Period at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman

“…The sample size was very small and limited to only one governorate of the 11 governorates in Oman, hence could not be representative of the entire population. 2 This study was not followed by further similar studies, hence the prevalence of CE in the human population in Oman remains largely unknown.…”

“… 1 A human seroprevalence study conducted over four months in 1996 involving Omanis attending outpatient departments (n = 306) showed a low prevalence rate of 0.3%. 2 …”