Cystic echinococcosis in a fox-hound hunt worker, UK

Pathog Glob Health. 2012 Oct;106(6):373-5. doi: 10.1179/2047773212Y.0000000053.

Abstract

A male resident in Vanuatu with prior history of employment as a hunt kennel-man in England (1980-2001) was surgically treated for the removal of a hydatid cyst subsequently confirmed as Echinococcus granulosus (G1 genotype). This is the first human molecularly identified CE case reported from the UK and a first in a fox-hound handler and indicates a general neglected occupational risk.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Cyclooxygenase 1 / genetics
  • DNA, Helminth / chemistry
  • DNA, Helminth / genetics
  • Echinococcosis / diagnosis*
  • Echinococcosis / pathology*
  • Echinococcosis / surgery
  • Echinococcus granulosus / classification
  • Echinococcus granulosus / genetics
  • Echinococcus granulosus / isolation & purification*
  • England
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Vanuatu

Substances

  • DNA, Helminth
  • Cyclooxygenase 1

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JX870424