Serological Screening of Cystic Echinococcosis (CE) in Asymptomatic Dog’s Owner in Rural Area in Karbala Province

Abstract

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a parasitic disease that is caused by ingestion the larval stage of tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. This disease is one from zoonotic disease that transmitted from animals to human .The primary definitive hosts for this parasite are Dogs and other canids and the intermediate hosts are sheep, cattle, goats, pigs or camels while human is an accidental intermediate host of echinococcosis that take the infection by ingestion of eggs that lies with the feces’ of infected dogs.

A serological screening study was done in this study on human cystic echinococcosis (CE) in highly risk groups selected from asymptomatic dog’s owner in rural area at Karbala city - Iraq.sixty nine blood sample were participated in present study from dog’s owner (male only) at the first of November 2021 till the end of April 2022, and the age ranging between (16-35) years old. Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay test was used in this study for detect specific anti Echinococcus granulosus antibodies in blood. The used ELISA kits were (Echinococcus ELISA IgG- IBL, Hamburg, Germany –RE 56201) kits.

The result shows that from 96 sample only 4 cause are seropositive (4.16%) while (95.84%) shows seronegative.