Hidatidosis en niños de la Provincia de Buenos Aire

Abstract

Hydatidosis is a parasitic zoonosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus. It is endemic in Argentina and in the province of Buenos Aires, especially to the south of the Rio Salado basin. During 2014 and 2016, the Department of Rural Zoonoses was notified of 479 cases of hydatidosis, with 12.1% confirmed in children under 18 years of age. Fifty-nine percent corresponded to males and the group of 13 to 17 years was the most prevalent one (47%). Sixty-four percent had liver involvement, 22% pulmonary involvement, 5% hepatopulmonary involvement, 5% splenic involvement and 4% cerebral involvement. Thirtythree percent of the cases were asymptomatic. Sixty percent resided in urban areas and of these 20% did not present an epidemiological link. This is a disease of mandatory reporting and there are provincial and national programs that contemplate free actions tending to control it, but despite this, it continues to be a difficult problem to solve.

Characterization of the B-Cell Epitopes of Echinococcus granulosus Histones H4 and H2A Recognized by Sera From Patients With Liver Cysts

“…In Latin American countries, it is an endemic disease with active transmission, with a proportion of infected young people that reaches 15% ( Larrieu et al., 2019 ). In Argentina, 630 CE cases were confirmed in 2018-2019 (in a period of 48 weeks) 1 and 12.1% out of the 479 new cases confirmed in Buenos Aires province in 2014-2016 were younger than 18 years old ( Álvarez et al., 2018 ). Based on the latest expert consensus on cystic echinococcosis four genotypes clusters have been demonstrated for E. granulosus s.l.…”