Epidemiology of Hydatidosis in Ethiopia

Abstract

Hydatidosis is a neglected cyclozoonotic disease affecting both humans and livestock populatio. The objective of the paper was to review the hydatidosis disease. The overall prevalence of the hydatidosi was reported in the country: 4.9%, 6.8%, 8.02%, 9.7%, 11.3%,11.78%, 16.79%, 17.4%, 27.64%, 35.15% and 49.5% respectively. The most common source of infection: contamination of water and feed by dogs feces. The main Reservoir, risk factors for distribution of the disease are forage, water, and host, pathogenic risk factors respectively. All domestic animal are the people at risk for thedisease. The major clinical forms of hydatidosis are rup-ture of cysts, particularly into serosal cavities, may cause acute and sometimes fatal anaphylactic reaction. Effective control and prevention measures should be introduced to minimize the risk of public health hazard and economic losses can be controlled through preventive mea¬sures that break the life cycle between the definitive and inter¬mediate hosts. They must be improving hygienic management for animals and health educations for peoples about the disease for reduceinfection.