Human Echinococcosis: A Neglected Disease?

Human echinococcosis is a zoonotic larval cestode disease usually caused by <I>Echinococcus granulosus</I> or <I>E. multilocularis</I>. Infection is chronic taking years for symptoms to develop. Because diagnosis and treatment are difficult and reservoirs of infection are maintained in domestic livestock, dogs or wildlife, the disease is difficult to assess in terms of public health and requires long-term control interventions. Estimates of numbers of cystic echinococcosis cases that may occur in 2 large endemic zones, North Africa⁄Middle East and China⁄Central Asia, indicates > 423,000 and > 484,000 cases respectively. Globally, 3.6 million DALYs could be lost due to echinoccocosis. Echinococcosis is therefore a neglected disease which is under-reported and requires urgent attention in common with a number of other zoonoses in order to reduce morbidity and to help alleviate poverty in poor pastoral areas of the sub-tropics and temperate zones

β-AR density relativity of porcine myocardial tissue and circulating lymphocytes and its significance / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective　To study β-AR density relativity between porcine myocardial tissue and circulating lymphocytes and clinical significance ．Methods　 48 porcines(seven months old），were　taken a few of myocardial tissue and peripheral blood．Assay　β-AR density with radioactive isotope to study the　relativity．Results　Scatter plot of β-AR　density　 circulating lymphocytes and myocardial tissue showed　 linear　Correlation（r＝0.845，P＜0.001　Y＝0.002527X＋0.726）．Conclusion　There　was　obvious　 correlation on β-AR　density in circulating lymphocytes and myocardial membrane　of pigs．Determination of β-AR　density　in　circulating lymphocytes can reflect alteration of that in myocardial tissue．Therefore，we can use it to monitor and investigate　self-induced and drug-induced β-AR changes．