Low-Grade Endemicity of Opisthorchiasis, Yangon, Myanmar

We performed an epidemiologic survey of opisthorchiasis in Yangon, Myanmar. The fecal egg-positive rate of residents was 0.7%, and we recovered an adult fluke after chemotherapy and purging of an egg-positive resident. We detected Opisthorchis viverrini metacercariae in freshwater fish. We found the...

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Autores principales: Sohn, Woon-Mok, Jung, Bong-Kwang, Hong, Sung-Jong, Lee, Keon-Hoon, Park, Jong-Bok, Kim, Hyun-Seung, Cho, Seon, Htoon, Thi Thi, Tin, Htay Htay, Chai, Jong-Yil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6590760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31211941
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2507.190495
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Sumario:We performed an epidemiologic survey of opisthorchiasis in Yangon, Myanmar. The fecal egg-positive rate of residents was 0.7%, and we recovered an adult fluke after chemotherapy and purging of an egg-positive resident. We detected Opisthorchis viverrini metacercariae in freshwater fish. We found the Yangon area to have low-grade endemicity of opisthorchiasis.

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