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A Summary of Human Cases in Mississippi

THOMAS J. BROOKS, Jr., M.D.; WATTS R. WEBB, M.D.; KENNETH M. HEARD, M.D.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1959;104(4):561-567.

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There is mounting evidence that the dog tapeworm, Echinococcus granulosus, is a major cause of human morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world. Shawkat ¹ has stated, "In Iraq it is the Number One surgical problem," and, in 1957, Jidejian² wrote, "In Lebanon, the possibility of a hydatid cyst is considered in the differential diagnosis of any tumefaction." Bush,³ in a 10-year study, reported 3,780 hospital admissions for hydatid disease in Uruguay, at a rate of about 400 per year. He also reported incidence rates of 100% in old ewes, 92% in sheep, and 80% in pigs.

The disease has long been a scourge in Australia and New Zealand (Graham⁴). Faust and Russell⁵ called attention to its high endemicity in most of the pastoral countries of the world, including south Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Africa, and parts of South America. They also reported frequent infection in humans throughout . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Jackson, Miss.

Professor and Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine (Dr. Brooks); Associate Professor of Surgery (Dr. Webb), and Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology (Dr. Heard), University of Mississippi School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Jan. 15, 1959.

This study was aided in part by Research Grant E-1237, The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U. S. Public Health Service.

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