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Volume 25, Number 12—December 2019
Dispatch

Economic Effect of Confiscation of Cattle Viscera Infected with Cystic Echinococcosis, Huancayo Province, Peru

J. Raúl LucasComments to Author , Carmen A. Arias, Stephanie S. Balcázar-Nakamatsu, Alejandro P. Rodríguez, Karen A. Alroy, and Cesar M. Gavidia
Author affiliations: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru (J.R. Lucas, C.A. Arias, S.S. Balcázar-Nakamatsu, C.M. Gavidia); Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria, Junin, Peru (A.P. Rodríguez); Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (K.A. Alroy)

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Table 1

Prevalence of cystic echinococcosis among cattle and number of infected animals, by 4-month period, sex, and organ type, Huancayo Province, Peru, September 2013–December 2014

Period % Infected (no. infected animals)
Total prevalence, % (no. infected animals)
Female
Male
Lung Liver Heart Lung Liver Heart
2013 Sep–Dec 48.97 (592) 9.18 (111) 0.17 (2) 41.92 (280) 7.93 (53) 0.15 (1) 49.55 (930)
2014 Jan–Apr 50.46 (383) 14.36 (109) 0.13 (1) 55.19 (351) 12.42 (79) 0.16 (1) 58.64 (818)
2014 May–Aug 32.34 (305) 9.86 (93) 0.32 (3) 24.52 (180) 6.54 (48) 0.14 (1) 31.13 (522)
2014 Sep–Dec 31.98 (433) 21.94 (297) 0.52 (7) 19.52 (145) 15.48 (115) 0.27 (2) 35.72 (749)
2013 Sep–2014 Dec 40.16 (1,713) 14.30 (610) 0.31 (13) 34.38 (956) 17.62 (490) 0.18 (5) 42.85 (3,019)

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