Health services of Rio Negro Province, Argentina.

<p>Health services of Rio Negro Province, Argentina.</p

Number, type and localization in CE carriers.

<p>Ultrasound surveys in children, Rio Negro, Argentina.</p><p>Footnotes:</p><p>WW: Watch and wait. ABZ: Albendazole. SURG: Surgery.</p><p>World Health Organization standardized classification of ultrasound pattern of cystic Echinococcosis (CE). CE1: unilocular cyst. CE2: multivesicular cyst. CE3a: detached membrane. CE3b multivesicular cyst with solid component. CE4: heterogenous pattern. CE5: calcified.</p><p>Note: 1 patient with 2 cysts may have 1 cyst <3 cm and 1>3 cm. The treatment listed by patient not by cyst. The same happens when a patient has 1 CE1 and 1 CE4 : the treatment is aimed at the former.</p

Diagnostic values for <i>Echinococcus granulosus</i> obtained as base-line data and impact before and after the introduction of the EG95 vaccine in the Rio Negro control program during 2009/2015.

<p>* Chi square test by statistical comparisons between groups control and vaccination and</p><p>** between groups 2009 and 2015;</p><p>*** Student’s t-test between control and vaccinated groups</p><p>Diagnostic values for <i>Echinococcus granulosus</i> obtained as base-line data and impact before and after the introduction of the EG95 vaccine in the Rio Negro control program during 2009/2015.</p

Number of animals vaccinated with EG95; Rio Negro Province, 2009–2015.

<p>%V¹: proportion of the animals available to be vaccinated that were actually vaccinated;</p><p>%EU: the proportion of the epidemiological units (EU) that were scheduled to be include in the vaccination programme that actually participated;</p><p>%V²: proportion of animals receiving the full three-dose vaccination schedule</p><p>Number of animals vaccinated with EG95; Rio Negro Province, 2009–2015.</p

Diagnostic values for <i>Echinococcus granulosus</i> obtained as base-line serology data [10], and impact before and after the introduction of the EG95 vaccine, in sheep and in small holder farms in the Rio Negro control program during 2009/2011.

<p>* Chi square test by statistical comparisons between groups control and vaccination</p><p>** between groups 2009 and 2011</p><p>N: Number of sheep assessed. Pos Number found positive in ELISA or Western blot (WB) to <i>E</i>. <i>granulosus</i></p><p>Diagnostic values for <i>Echinococcus granulosus</i> obtained as base-line serology data [<a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004134#pntd.0004134.ref010" target="_blank">10</a>], and impact before and after the introduction of the EG95 vaccine, in sheep and in small holder farms in the Rio Negro control program during 2009/2011.</p

Geographic area for CE control programme showing sheep farm in control and vaccination areas. Río Negro, Argentina.

<p>Geographic area for CE control programme showing sheep farm in control and vaccination areas. Río Negro, Argentina.</p