Abstract

In Chile, zoonotic diseases with high impact are still present, associated with economic losses and social connotation. Among these diseases we can mention hydatidosis, which is a parasitic anthropo-zoonosis of great importance in the country, which can be absolutely prevented. Hydatidosis is an endemic and hyperendemic infection that, despite its social and economic connotation, remains a public health problem that has not been fully addressed and therefore remains unresolved. The reported cases of human hydatidosis have an annual average of 304 cases, while classified deaths have an annual average of about 26.6 deaths. The geographical distribution of hydatidosis is not homogeneous, a higher incidence is described as one moves towards the south. Its distribution is associated with the livestock population, where the regions of Aisén and Magallanes concentrate more than half of the country’s sheep farming associated with traditional and extensive management systems with a large canine population. The available evidence confirms that hydatidosis is a preventable disease and considering that the conditioning factors and their form of control are known, in Chile it is feasible to reduce, through access to education, information and participation of the population in the control measures and Prevention in the different risk groups (canine registration, antiparasitic treatment, control of the canine population); Sanitary inspection of slaughter animals and their meat (in application in the slaughtering plants of the country) and strengthening epidemiological surveillance systems.