Cystic hydatid disease in Alaska. A review of 101 autochthonous cases of Echinococcus granulosus infection.

Description: 

The clinical experience with 101 cases of indigenous cystic hydatid disease occurring in Alaskan aborigines is presented. Because Echinococcus granulosus causes a very benign disease in man, conservative management seems clearly justified. The classic form of E. granulosus, in contrast to the sylvatic form of Alaska or Canada, causes a highly symptomatic, hazardous disease in man for which aggressive surgical treatment is unanimously recommended. It is important to differentiate the one form from the other before determining management.

People: 
Aleut, Eskimo
Location Description: 

Alaska AK

Protocol: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access
Community: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Category: 
Miscellaneous
Original Date: 
1968
Creator: 
Wilson JF, Diddams AC, Rausch RL.
Rights: 
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Source: 
American Review of Respiratory Disease, Jul;98(1):1-15
Identifier: 
9905885
Subject: 
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Alaska, Animals, Asian Continental Ancestry Group, Carnivora, Child, Child, Preschool, Deer, Diagnosis, Differential, Echinococcosis/diagnosis, Echinococcosis/Epidemiology, Echinococcosis/pathology, Echinococcosis/surgery, Echinococcosis, Hepatic/epidemiology, Echinococcosis, Pulmonary/epidemiology, Echinococcus/classification, Echinococcus/pathogenicity, Female, Humans, Liver/Pathology, Lung/Pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Zoonoses
Type: 
Journal Article