Distribution of Echinococcus Disease in Northwestern Canada
- 1 September 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 5 (5), 869-871
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1956.5.869
Abstract
Summary Moose, elk, caribou and reindeer have been recorded with hydatid cysts, and wolves with the adult tapeworm in Northwestern Canada. Fresh reindeer hydatid fluid was used to prepare antigen and used in intradermal tests on Indians in Canada's Northwest. The total number of natives tested with this Canadian antigen in two years was 2,022 with 31 per cent giving positive reactions.Keywords
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