Pulmonary hydatidosis in man and his livestock in Southern Iraq

ABSTRACT

Human pulmonary hydatidosis was studied in 22 surgically established cases at the Tahreer and Teaching hospital of Basrah during 1984. The age of the patients varied from 8 to 45 years and most of them were from rural areas; there were 13 females and nine males. A survey was carried out on animal pulmonary hydatidosis at Basrah abattoirs during the first 9 months of 1985. A total of 85 424 slaughtered animals were inspected and the results revealed that 5.43% of 60 556 sheep, 1.23% of 22 040 cattle and 3.96% of 2828 buffaloes were infected