Knowledge, Attitude, and Beliefs of Communities and Health Staff about Echinococcus granulosus Infection in Selected Pastoral and Agropastoral Regions of Uganda
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2018
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Journal of parasitology research
Abstract
According to World Health Organization (WHO) [1] cystic
echinococcosis (CE) is a neglected zoonotic infection found
throughout the world and is associated with high morbidity
and mortality in poor resource countries especially in
pastoral communities in Africa (Macpherson et al. [2]). In
Uganda, the prevalence ofCE has been found to vary between
pastoral and agropastoral communities, with pastoral communities
being at higher risk than agropastoral communities
(Othieno et al. [3]). High prevalence of CE has equally been
reported in livestock (Chamai et al. [4] and Magambo et al.
[5]) and in dogs (Inangolet et al. [6] and Oba et al. [7]).
Cystic echinococcosis is caused by a species of Echinococcus,
namely, Echinococcus granulosus, whose definitive hosts are
the carnivores such as dogs. Usually dogs become infected
with Echinococcus granulosus by eating infected internal
organs such as liver and lungs from dead animals that
contain tape worm embryos. The dogs pass out tapeworm
eggs in their stool, which can cause infection in other
animals and/or in humans who accidentally swallow the eggs.
In humans, Echinococcus granulosus forms slow-growing cysts (called hydatid cysts) in different organs of the body
which can be very difficult to remove or treat in some cases
(Nahmias et al. [8]).
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Knowledge, Attitude, Communities, Echinococcus granulosus Infection, Pastoral and Agropastoral Regions
Citation
Othieno, E., Ocaido, M., Mupere, E., Omadang, L., Oba, P., & Okwi, A. L. (2018). Knowledge, attitude, and beliefs of communities and health staff about Echinococcus granulosus infection in selected pastoral and agropastoral regions of Uganda. Journal of parasitology research, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/5819545