An autochthonous case of Echinococcus vogeli Rausch & Bernstein, 1972 polycystic echinococcosis in the State of Rondônia, Brazil
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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97(1): 123-126, Jan. 2002. ilus, mapas
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RESUMO
The present case report refers to a patient from the State of Rondônia, North region of Brazil, attended with clinical suspicion of hepatic echinococcosis. Examination by imaging (ultrasonography and computerized tomography) revealed a conglomerate of cystic lesions, with mobile contents within the cyst. The serology (immunoblot) for Echinococcus sp. was positive (21 and 31 kDa bands). This case is the first reported in Rondônia, suggesting the need to investigate the polycystic echinococcosis in individuals with hepatic cysts from areas of tropical forest and hunting habits where wild life was present as wild dogs, cats and rodents, particularly Agouti paca (paca) and Dasyprocta aguti (agouti)
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Main subject:
Echinococcosis, Hepatic
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Echinococcus
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Fiocruz/BR
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Uerj/BR
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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro/BR
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