Kap g i be up1/16/2024 ![]() ![]() CE is a chronic, systemic disease characterized by long-term growth of metacestode (hydatid) cysts in the intermediate host. It is one of the most geographically widespread helminth zoonoses ( Schantz, 1991). People acquire the infection by accidental ingestion of Echinococcus eggs voided in the feces of infected dogs. Human cystic echinococcosis (CE) or hydatid diseases is caused by larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus. Therefore, our study called for continued and strengthened education of changing the life style, especially the behaviors related to dogs. In general our findings showed that most of residents had positive attitude toward treatments of the disease, but their practice about disease prevention and control was low. ![]() Risk factors included resident, knowing dog could be infected, knowing eating could be route of infection, oldest dog's age, usually feed your dog by self, feed dogs with internal organs. ![]() About half of the peoples feed their dogs often and major of them do not play with the dogs. Most of them (96.1%) would like to accept CE inspection. From the total of 972 study participants (457 males and 515 females), 65.9% heard of the disease CE. A total of 972 participants originating from Tibetan communities of 31 villages in the 3 townships were registered and data were collected using structured questionnaires. In our current study, community based cross-sectional study was conducted in three townships in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures of Gansu Province from May to September 2013. Although many researchers have analyzed risk factors of CE transmission in Tibetan Plateau, there are rare reports of knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of residents about CE in Tibetan communities. The disease is highly endemic in western China, especially in Tibetan areas, because of poor economic development and hygiene conditions, limited community knowledge of CE, a large scale of dogs, and home slaughtering of livestock. Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a global parasitic zoonosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus. ![]()
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