Polycystic hydatid disease in Brazil: report of five new human cases and a short review of other published observations

This paper describes five additional Brazilian human cases of polycystic hydatid disease due to Echinococcus vogeli, reviews the previous cases reported in Brazil, including one report of E. oligarthus (20 in total), and some epidemiological aspects of this disease which is no longer a curiosity but rather a problem that is not medically easy to handle. Its presence should be expected in any rural area of the New World where humans have not eliminated wild felids/canids, bush dogs, pacas, agoutis and other wild rodents.Este trabalho descreve cinco novos casos humanos brasileiros de doença hidática policística, causada por Echinococcus vogeli e faz uma revisão de casos anteriores relatados no Brasil, incluindo um relato sobre E. oligarthrus (num total de 20) e alguns aspectos epidemiológicos desta doença, que já não é mais uma curiosidade mas, sem dúvida, um problema de difícil manejo do ponto de vista médico. Sua presença pode ocorrer em todas as áreas rurais do Novo Mundo, onde o homem ainda não eleminou os felinos e caninos selvagens, cachorro do mato, paca, cutia e outros roedores selvagens

Polycystic hydatid disease in Brazil: report of five new human cases and a short review of other published observations

This paper describes five additional Brazilian human cases of polycystic hydatid disease due to Echinococcus vogeli, reviews the previous cases reported in Brazil, including one report of E. oligarthus (20 in total), and some epidemiological aspects of this disease which is no longer a curiosity but rather a problem that is not medically easy to handle. Its presence should be expected in any rural area of the New World where humans have not eliminated wild felids/canids, bush dogs, pacas, agoutis and other wild rodents