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Studies on the Hydatid Worm, Echinococcus Granulosus

II. Prevalence in Mississippi^*

In Mississippi recorded autochthonous infections with Echinococcus granulosus have been discovered in seven humans and six dogs. This infection appears to be more common in Mississippi than in other parts of the continental United States exclusive of Alaska.

The prevalence of infection with the larval stage of E. granulosus in 33,174 native Mississippi swine surveyed between April, 1957, and March, 1958, was 0.9%. In two areas where swine were found infected a small sample of red fox, raccoon, opossum and bobcat revealed no infections with the adult stage of the parasite.

^* This paper is based on a portion of a dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Tulane University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. The study was done in the Department of Preventive Medicine, The University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, Mississippi, and was supported in part by Research Grant Number E-1237, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States Public Health Service.