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The epidemiology of hydatid disease in England and Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

M. F. Stallbaumer ,
M. J. Clarkson ,
J. W. Bailey  and
J. E. Pritchard
M. F. Stallbaumer
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool, Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, Division of Farm Animal Medicine, Veterinary Field Station, ‘Leahurst’, Neston, South Wirral
M. J. Clarkson
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool, Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, Division of Farm Animal Medicine, Veterinary Field Station, ‘Leahurst’, Neston, South Wirral
J. W. Bailey
Affiliation:
Hydatid Reference Laboratory, School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool
J. E. Pritchard
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool, Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, Division of Farm Animal Medicine, Veterinary Field Station, ‘Leahurst’, Neston, South Wirral
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The epidemiology of hydatid disease in man in England and Wales, based on the data collected between 1981 and 1983 at the Hydatid Reference Laboratory of the Public Health Laboratory Service, is presented. The incidence of hydatid disease was 42 cases per annum, with 2 cases per million population occurring in Wales and 0·2 per million in England. The highest prevalence was in London amongst the immigrant population. The incidence in the indigenous population was 15·5 cases per annum, with 5·6 cases per million occurring in South Powys, parts of South Wales and Herefordshire. The population most at risk is the rural, farming community in that area, but the West Midlands is also an apparent focus of the disease.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 96 , Issue 1 , February 1986 , pp. 121 - 127
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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