Table 3. Cyst location and Echinococcus species in Canadian echinococcosis cases (2002–2011).
ICD-10 code | Species | Cyst location | Frequency | % of cases |
---|---|---|---|---|
B67.0 | E. granulosus 1 | Liver | 16 | 5.1 |
B67.1 | E. granulosus 1 | Lung | 21 | 6.7 |
B67.2 | E. granulosus 1 | Bone | 2 | 0.6 |
B67.3 | E. granulosus 1 | Multiple sites | 8 | 2.5 |
B67.4 | E. granulosus 1 | Unspecified site | 1 | 0.3 |
B67.5 | E. multilocularis | Liver | 8 | 2.5 |
B67.6 | E. multilocularis | Multiple sites | 6 | 1.9 |
B67.7 | E. multilocularis | Unspecified site | 2 | 0.6 |
B67.8 | Echinococcus 2 | Liver | 141 | 44.8 |
B67.9 | Echinococcus 2 | Unspecified site | 110 | 34.9 |
1 Presumably E. canadensis under new taxonomy, if domestically-acquired
2Species unspecified