{"title":"Survey of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis rates based on ELISA and portable ultrasound in Moghan, northwestern Iran","authors":"H. Mirzanejad-asl","doi":"10.1097/MRM.0000000000000212","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Results: The most important risk factors were excessive consumption of wild vegetables and the use of spring water. Keeping the dog in the yard was the third risk factor. Results were analyzed using logistic regression and SPSS 21 software. From 2453 serum samples, 21 samples were positive for alveolar echinococcosis 0.79% with Em2þ Ag. The prevalence was higher in men than women (1.24 vs. 0.6%). People within the age range of 40–59 years had the highest infection rates. About cystic echinococcosis, for Ag-5 and Ag-B, 172 (6.4%) and 178 (6.7%) serum samples were positive, respectively. Cystic echinococcosis was higher in women than men (8.52 vs. 5.6%). The age range 40–59 years presented the highest infection rates.","PeriodicalId":49625,"journal":{"name":"Reviews in Medical Microbiology","volume":"66 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Reviews in Medical Microbiology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MRM.0000000000000212","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Results: The most important risk factors were excessive consumption of wild vegetables and the use of spring water. Keeping the dog in the yard was the third risk factor. Results were analyzed using logistic regression and SPSS 21 software. From 2453 serum samples, 21 samples were positive for alveolar echinococcosis 0.79% with Em2þ Ag. The prevalence was higher in men than women (1.24 vs. 0.6%). People within the age range of 40–59 years had the highest infection rates. About cystic echinococcosis, for Ag-5 and Ag-B, 172 (6.4%) and 178 (6.7%) serum samples were positive, respectively. Cystic echinococcosis was higher in women than men (8.52 vs. 5.6%). The age range 40–59 years presented the highest infection rates.
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