Second reported case of multilocularis hydatid disease in Iraq
Journal Title: Scientific Journal of Medical Science - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 9
Abstract
Hydatid disease is an important zoonotic disease with a world wide distribution. In Middle East as well as in some other parts of the world, it has always been a serious economic and public health problem. The disease is endemic and enzootic in Iraq. In Iraq, the disease is caused by Echinococcus granulosus but a multilocular hydatid cyst of E.multilocularis has been recovered from the liver of a woman in Erbil (North Iraq).
Authors and Affiliations
A. K. Zeki Benyan*| Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine University of Basrah Basrah, Iraq.Department of Surgery Al-Sadar Teaching Hospital College of Medicine University of Basrah Basrah, Iraq., N. K. Mahdi| Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine University of Basrah Basrah, Iraq.Department of Surgery Al-Sadar Teaching Hospital College of Medicine University of Basrah Basrah, Iraq., F. Abdul-Amir| Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine University of Basrah Basrah, Iraq.Department of Surgery Al-Sadar Teaching Hospital College of Medicine University of Basrah Basrah, Iraq., O. Ubaid| Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine University of Basrah Basrah, Iraq.Department of Surgery Al-Sadar Teaching Hospital College of Medicine University of Basrah Basrah, Iraq.
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