A. D'Alessandro; M.A.P. Moraes; A.N. Raick
Department of Tropical Medicine,Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA, Fundação Serviços de Saúde Pública, Ministério de Saúde, Belém, PA and Departamento de Patologia, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, DF, Brasil.
ABSTRACT
This paper describes five additional Brazilian human cases of polycystic hydatid disease due to Echinococcus vogeli, reviews the previous cases reported in Brazil, including one report of E. oligarthus (20 in total), and some epidemiological aspects of this disease which is no longer a curiosity but rather a problem that is not medically easy to handle. Its presence should be expected in any rural area of the New World where humans have not eliminated wild felids/canids, bush dogs, pacas, agoutis and other wild rodents.
Keywords: Polycystic hydatid disease. Echinococcus vogeli. Brazil.
RESUMO
Este trabalho descreve cinco novos casos humanos brasileiros de doença hidática policística, causada por Echinococcus vogeli e faz uma revisão de casos anteriores relatados no Brasil, incluindo um relato sobre E. oligarthrus (num total de 20) e alguns aspectos epidemiológicos desta doença, que já não é mais uma curiosidade mas, sem dúvida, um problema de difícil manejo do ponto de vista médico. Sua presença pode ocorrer em todas as áreas rurais do Novo Mundo, onde o homem ainda não eleminou os felinos e caninos selvagens, cachorro do mato, paca, cutia e outros roedores selvagens.
Palavras-chave: Doença hidática policística. Echinococcus vogeli. Brasil.
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Recebido para publicação em 20/06/95.
Department of Tropical Medicine,Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA, Fundação Serviços de Saúde Pública, Ministério de Saúde, Belém, PA and Departamento de Patologia, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, DF, Brasil.
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