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Echinococcosis in Utah
James B. Kahn
James B. Kahn
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333
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Spotswood Spruance
Spotswood Spruance
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333
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James Harbottle
James Harbottle
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333
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Peter Cannon
Peter Cannon
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333
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Myron G. Schultz
Myron G. Schultz
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333
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A fatal case of indigenously acquired echinococcosis is reported from Herriman, Utah. The patient, an 8-year-old boy, is known to have had contact with animals on his grandfather's ranch, and subsequent studies traced infected sheep back to this ranch, where a dog carrying Echinococcus granulosus tapeworms was also identified. Skin-test, serologic, and X-ray studies of almost 400 of the town's 500 inhabitants failed to uncover other human cases, although five skin-test reactions were considered positive. This is the 17th known human case of locally acquired echinococcosis in Utah and the first in which a complete transmission cycle for the disease was identified.
Author Notes
Present address: Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115. Former EIS Officer, Parasitic Diseases Branch, Epidemiology Program.
Present address: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112. Former EIS Officer, Utah State Division of Health.
Present address: Westmoreland Animal Hospital, Macon, Georgia 31204. Former EIS Veterinary Officer, Parasitic Diseases Branch, Epidemiology Program.
Present address: UCLA Affiliated Hospitals, Los Angeles, California 90024. Former 4th-year medical student, University of Utah College of Medicine.
Chief, Parasitic Diseases Branch, Epidemiology Program, CDC, Atlanta.
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