A retrospective hospital study of human cystic echinococcosis in Egypt

Autor:	Kandeel A, Ehab S. Ahmed, Hanan Helmy, Reda M. R. Ramzy, El Setouhy M, Craig Ps
Rok vydání:	2004
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics business.industry Cystic echinococcosis Incidence (epidemiology) Public health medicine Retrospective cohort study General Medicine business Surgery
Zdroj:	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 10:349-357
ISSN:	1687-1634 1020-3397
DOI:	10.26719/2004.10.3.349
Popis:	We performed a retrospective study to determine annual clinical incidence of human cystic echinococcosis (CE) in 14 Egyptian hospitals between January 1997 and December 1999. From 492 353 records examined, 133 (0.027%) new human CE cases were recorded. Of these, 50 (37.6%) were from Alexandria and Matrouh hospitals, 33 (24.8%) from Giza Chest Hospital and 50 from other regions. Matrouh governorate had the highest annual clinical incidence (1.34-2.60 per 100 000) followed by Giza governorate (0.80-1.16 per 100 000). About a third of those affected were aged ≤ 20 years. Liver and lungs were the organs most affected. Although human CE is of low endemicity in Egypt, it may represent a public health concern in Matrouh and Giza governorates.
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