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Echinococcosis
Occupational Disease Echinococcosis
Echinococcosis Category Infection, Occupational
Echinococcosis Severity
Chronic
Echinococcosis Synonyms
Alveolar hydatid disease; Unilocular echinicoccosis; Cystic hydatid disease; Echinococcus granulosus infection
Information on Echinococcosis Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Screening and Imaging
Cystic hydatid disease is caused by the dog tapeworm, Echinococcus granulosus. Cysts take years to develop reaching diameters of 1-10 cm or more. Cysts are common in the liver and lungs. The differential diagnoses include cancer, amebic abscesses, congenital cysts, and tuberculosis. The disease is most common in grazing areas of the world. Domestic dogs are hosts, and sheep are the intermediate hosts. Dogs are infected by eating infected sheep viscera. [Chin, p. 177-80]
Echinococcosis Latency
12 months to many years
Echinococcosis References
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/alveolarhydatid/default.htm