background : echinococcosis or hydatidosis is a chronic, zoonotic worldwide infection caused by the larval stage of the dog taeniid tapeworm echinococcus granulosus. vaccination has been considered as one of the ways to prevent of hy-datidosis in recent decades. the aim of this study was to construct a pcdna3.1 eukaryotic expression vector contain-ing the subunit 8-kda antigen b (hyd1) of e. gr...

A 71 year old female from a village was admitted to Ahwaz Imam Khomeini hospital in southwestern part 7 years ago with pain and swelling at the upper and middle third of right tibia. Operation was performed and permanent sinus secretion of the midportion occurred. After 7 years the patient returned to hospital recently with warmness, swelling and edema and sinus secretion in middle and upper of...

Background: Echinococcus granuiosus is a parasite causing hydatidosis, an infection characterised by a prolonged course attributed to some form of immunosuppression. Recent findings have increased our knowledge concerning the parasite-evading mechanisms, making more rational future therapeutic intervention. Methodology: The literature was reviewed using MEDLINE search for immunology of hydatido...

Most serodiagnostic techniques have been evaluated for diagnosis of cystic hydatid disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Each, to varying degrees, has been shown to give false results, with considerable variation between laboratories. The comparative study was made concerning the sensitivity of the immunodiagnostic methods based on 58 sera from hydatid disease with different cyst locations...

BACKGROUND Echinococcosis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus. Several native and recombinant antigens, derived from different stages of E. granulosus life cycle, have been used for vaccine trials. In vitro reared adult worms are good candidates for vaccination as they do not produce fertile egg/s and do not have any risk of contamination for re...

BACKGROUND Cystic echinococcosis (CE) caused by the Echinococcus granulosus, is a major public health problem worldwide, including India. The different genotypes of E. granulosus responsible for human hydatidosis have been reported from endemic areas throughout the world. However, the genetic characterization of E. granulosus infecting the human population in India is lacking. The aim of study ...

Disseminated peritoneal hydatidosis is rare. Infrequently hydatid cysts can rupture into adjacent organs. We report a case of secondarily disseminated peritoneal hydatidosis with rupture into the gut presenting as hydatidorrhoea. A 26-year-old man presented with passage of white ‘grape’–like structures with stool. Ultrasonography showed disseminated hydatidosis. Magnetic resonance imaging furth...

INTRODUCTION Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus and is characterised by cystic lesions in the liver and lungs. Concomitant pulmonary and hepatic localization of hydatid cysts in childhood is unusual and represents a distinct clinical entity called hepatopulmonary hydatidosis. CASE PRESENTATION A ten-year-old Caucasian girl, a permanent resi...