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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
Paragonimiasis in Yongjia County, Zhejiang Province, China, has been of such public health concern that a specialized Institute for Paragonimiasis Control has been established there. The study reported here involved both parasitological research on Paragonimus westermani in the endemic areas and a clinical analysis of 94 cases of paragonimiasis. Eggs were found in sputum, feces and brain tissue in 45 cases. Twenty patients, 19 of whom where children under 10 years of age, showed hepatic injury. Treatment with praziquantel or bithionol had satisfactory results in all cases. Dimensions of the parasite eggs, metacercariae from freshwater crabs and adult flukes suggested that the form of P. westermani in Yongjia is the 'small type': a suggestion supported by karyotypic studies on gonad cells from adult flukes collected from experimentally infected animals as all were found to be diploid. In conclusion, the 'small type' or diploid form of P. westermani is the cause of paragonimiasis pulmonary symptoms in Yongjia.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0125-1562
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
760-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Antiplatyhelmintic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Bithionol, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Carnivora, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Cats, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Child, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-China, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Endemic Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Karyotyping, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Paragonimiasis, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Paragonimus, pubmed-meshheading:12041551-Parasite Egg Count
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Paragonimiasis in Yongjia County, Zhejiang Province, China: clinical, parasitological and karyotypic studies on Paragonimus westermani.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine and WHO Collaborating Center for Malaria Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.