| epidemiology of echinococcus granulosus in arbil province, northern iraq, 1990-1998. | during the period 1990-1998, 99 cases of human cystic hydatidosis (12.4 cases per year) were surgically treated at the two main hospitals in arbil province, northern iraq, and from this the human occurence for the province was estimated to be 2 per 100,000 inhabitants. in the same area, 1270 sheep, 550 goats and 320 cattle were examined at slaughter for hydatid cysts and prevalence rates were found to be 15.0%, 6.2% and 10.9%, respectively. a decreasing tendency in livestock prevalences was foun ... | 2000 | 10831057 |