[Cystic echinococcosis in Turkey from 2001-2005]

Autor: Süleyman, Yazar, Ayşegül Taylan, Ozkan, Murat, Hökelek, Erdal, Polat, Hasan, Yilmaz, Hatice, Ozbilge, Sebnem, Ustün, Ismail Soner, Koltaş, Mustafa, Ertek, Nermin, Sakru, Oktay, Alver, Zafer, Cetinkaya, Zafer, Koç, Mustafa, Demirci, Hanifi, Aktaş, Cem Kaan, Parsak, Dilek, Ozerdem, Gürhan, Sakman, Zeynep Taş, Cengiz, Ahmet, Ozer, Kanuni, Keklik, Necip, Yemenici, Mesut, Turan, Ali, Daştan, Esma, Kaya, Gülden Sönmez, Tamer, Nogay, Girginkardeşler, Meral, Türk, Melda, Sinirtaş, Canan, Evci, Sadik, Kiliçturgay, Fatih, Mutlu, Tarik, Artiş
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Turkiye parazitolojii dergisi. 32(3)
ISSN: 1300-6320
Popis: Cystic echinococcosis (CE) caused by the metacestode form of Echinococcus granulosus is a major public health problem especially in animal-raising regions of the world. In the present study, CE cases were determined during 2001-2005 by investigating different hospital and health directorship documents and Health Ministry documents, retrospectively. Our results show that there were 2534 (13.13%) cases in the Marmara region; 2114 (16.94%), in the Aegean region; 2578 (16.09%), Mediterranean region; 5404 (38.57%), in the Middle Anatolian region; 428 (5.70%), in the Black Sea region; 844 (6.80%), in the eastern Anatolian region; and 887 (2.75%), in the southeastern Anatolian region making a total of 14,789 CE cases. Finally, it has been determined that the patients were hospitalized for a total of 149,464 days.
Databáze: OpenAIRE