ECHINOCOCCOSIS
or HYDATID Disease
By Frank Williams, Dir. Division of Public Health Laboratories
The recent diagnosis of a hyda
titf cyst in an Alaskan Native
focuses the attention of Alaskans
upon the nature of the disease,
its method of spread, and Its ser
ious consequences.
Reported Case
The patient suffering with thus
disease lived on the Upper Tannna
River Drainage area in Interior
Alaska. The cyst was discovered
during a recent X-ray survey being
maa'e for the detection of tubercul
osis. The patient said that her
family lived rather primitively,
with moose and caribou meat for
subsistence. During the summer
berries formed a large part of the
family’s diet They had a great
many dogs with whom they lived
in close association and the san
itary' conditions were aoYniltcdly
Kub-standard.
Description
Her infection was caused by the
larval stage of the tapeworm
Echinococcus granulosus a small
tapeworm of dogs and wolves whose
larva, known as the hydatid, may
develop in mammals forming hy
datid tumors or cysts.
The hydatid cyst is a tumor-like
enlargement of variable size which
may reach even the proportions of
the hurna n heao‘. It is most often
found in the lungs, liver, abdomin
al cavity, or almost any other por
tion of the body.
The normal host of the adult
tapeworm is the dog and other
Canidae. whereas sheep, coribou,
reindeer, moose, and cattle are the
most common larval hosts. Man
becomes infected when he ac
cidently ingests the eggs from the
feces of the o’og with his food or
drink. He may readily become in
fected through dirty hands when
fondling and handling dogs in
areas where the disease is endemic
The egg once ingesteci’ hatches
in the intestines and from there
enters the blood or lymph and is
carried to some part ot the body,
such as the liver or lungs, where
the larvae form a hydatid cyst.
Sometimes these cysts burst and
multiple cysts are formed which
| usually give rise In grave con
I
.sequences.
Control Measures
Since dogs acquire the infest
ation by eating the viscera and
carcasses of sheep, moose, goats,
caribou, ana* reindeer infected with
the larval stages or the hydatid
cyst, the best method of control
is to prevent infestation of the
dog. All contaminated animalvis
cern should be burned to prevent
dogs and other animals from feed
ing upon it.
Infested dogs should be destroyed
or cured by anthelmintics. The
number of dogs may be reduced
in endemic ureas by imposing tax
es on all dogs. (This would also
help with the rabies problem.)
Throughout Alaska many people
live in environmental situations
having questionable sanitary con
ditions: this together with sub
standards of personal hygiene
play important roles in echino
coccosis. All Alaskan berries
which are usea* frequently should
be washed as they might bet con
taminated with the feces of a
dog. Drinking water especially
when taken from lakes or rivers
may likewise be contaminated
with the feces of a dog and should
be boiled before uking.
How widespread this disease is
in the dogs, wolves, caribou, and
moose of Alaska is not. known at
this time. The caribou being a
highly migratory mammal may in
(.K'ato that this disease is endemic
throughout most of the Interior.
Hunters *\in be of great assistance
if they will report, the presence of
cysts in any game mammals they
kill.
The prognosis in echinococcosis
is always grave, and spontaneous
recovery is an extreme rarity'.
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gle of steel in the river. There he
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