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Hydatidosis of the Central Nervous System in South America

Claudia GattaClaudia I. MenghiClaudia I. Menghi

subject

medicine.medical_specialtyPediatricsLatin Americansbiologybusiness.industryCystic echinococcosisIncidence (epidemiology)Hydatid cystbiology.organism_classificationparasitic diseasesEpidemiologymedicineEchinococcus granulosusbusiness

description

In this chapter, we reviewed the epidemiology of cystic hydatidosis in South America, especially focusing on hydatidosis of the central nervous system. Echinococcus granulosus and E. multilocularis are the most frequent species in humans. Hydatidosis is endemic in several Latin American countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay. The global occurrence of hydatid cysts of the central nervous system is uniformly low, with a reported incidence of 0.9–2.1 % of all cases of hydatidosis.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2014-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54359-3_3