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Research progress on drug treatment for hydatidosis

XU Shuo1, DANG Zhi-sheng2, ZHANG Hao-bing2, HU Wei2, ZHAO Yu-min1*   

  1. 1 Department of Parasitology, School of Basic Medicine, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541004, China; 2 National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Online:2018-06-30 Published:2018-07-02

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Abstract:

Hydatidosis is a serious zoonotic parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus larvae within the human body. The disease distributes all over the world except the Antarctica region, significantly affecting the development of animal husbandry and impairing human health. As one of the therapies for human hydatidosis, drug treatment shows promising clinical efficacy. Development on drug treatments has been made due to the accumulating research and treatment experience. This paper reviews the research progress on the treatment of the hydatidosis with some western medicine and Chinese traditional medicine.

Key words: Hydatidosis；Echinococcus, Drug treatment, Progress