RESUMO
La hidatidosis es una parasitosis zoonótica, causada por el cestode Echinococcus (E.) granulosus. En nuestro país es un importante problema de salud pública al ser considerada como enfermedad endémica, especialmente en regiones como la provincia de Neuquén, donde uno de sus pilares económicos es la actividad ganadera, especialmente la cría de ovinos y caprinos.
Assuntos
Humanos , Animais , Equinococose Hepática/diagnóstico , Equinococose Hepática/terapia , Equinococose Hepática/transmissão , Equinococose Hepática , UltrassonografiaRESUMO
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.