[Cystic echinococcosis in Turkey from 2001-2005].

Authors:

SYSüleyman Yazar
Süleyman Yazar
AOAyşegül Taylan Ozkan
Ayşegül Taylan Ozkan
MHMurat Hökelek
Murat Hökelek
EPErdal Polat
Erdal Polat
HYHasan Yilmaz
Hasan Yilmaz
HOHatice Ozbilge
Hatice Ozbilge
SUSebnem Ustün
Sebnem Ustün
IKIsmail Soner Koltaş
Ismail Soner Koltaş
MEMustafa Ertek
Mustafa Ertek
NSNermin Sakru
Nermin Sakru
OAOktay Alver
Oktay Alver
ZCZafer Cetinkaya
Zafer Cetinkaya

1 January 2008

journal article
abstracts

Vol. 32 (3) , 208-20
PMID:18985573

Abstract

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) caused by the metacestode form of Echinococcus granulosus is a major public health problem especially in animal-raising regions of the world. In the present study, CE cases were determined during 2001-2005 by investigating different hospital and health directorship documents and Health Ministry documents, retrospectively. Our results show that there were 2534 (13.13%) cases in the Marmara region; 2114 (16.94%), in the Aegean region; 2578 (16.09%), Mediterranean region; 5404 (38.57%), in the Middle Anatolian region; 428 (5.70%), in the Black Sea region; 844 (6.80%), in the eastern Anatolian region; and 887 (2.75%), in the southeastern Anatolian region making a total of 14,789 CE cases. Finally, it has been determined that the patients were hospitalized for a total of 149,464 days.

[Cystic echinococcosis in Turkey from 2001-2005].

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