虽然超声波检查法可用于包虫病的诊断、评价治疗效果、描记包囊增殖率和现场检查,但还没有人将这种技术用于一地区各年龄组居民发病率的调查或监测。血清学是用于流行时调查的常用方法。肯尼亚西北部的图尔卡纳是世界上包虫病最严重的地区。在该地一边远地区,用轻便超声扫描仪和血清学同时检查,作为试点性 Although ultrasonography can be used to diagnose hydatid disease, to evaluate treatment outcomes, to characterize cyst proliferation rates and to perform site inspections, no one has ever used this technique for surveys or surveillance of resident incidence in any age group in a region. Serology is a commonly used method for investigating epidemics. Turkana in northwestern Kenya is one of the most endemic areas in the world. In the far side of the area, with a portable ultrasound scanner and serology at the same time as a pilot