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cystic echinococcosis in a fox-hound hunt worker, uk.

a male resident in vanuatu with prior history of employment as a hunt kennel-man in england (1980-2001) was surgically treated for the removal of a hydatid cyst subsequently confirmed as echinococcus granulosus (g1 genotype). this is the first human molecularly identified ce case reported from the uk and a first in a fox-hound handler and indicates a general neglected occupational risk.