Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex Trematode Infections in Children, Bihar, India

Eating raw or insufficiently cooked mollusks is a known risk factor for human echinostomiasis. We confirmed identification of Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex trematodes as the causative agent of disease among 170 children in northern Bihar, India. We also identified the snail Pila globosa as a potenti...

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Autores principales: Prasad, Yugal K., Dahal, Suman, Saikia, Barsha, Bordoloi, Bobita, Tandon, Veena, Ghatani, Sudeep
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31310229
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.181427
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author Prasad, Yugal K.
Dahal, Suman
Saikia, Barsha
Bordoloi, Bobita
Tandon, Veena
Ghatani, Sudeep
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description Eating raw or insufficiently cooked mollusks is a known risk factor for human echinostomiasis. We confirmed identification of Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex trematodes as the causative agent of disease among 170 children in northern Bihar, India. We also identified the snail Pila globosa as a potential source of infections in the study area.
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spelling pubmed-66493132019-08-01 Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex Trematode Infections in Children, Bihar, India Prasad, Yugal K. Dahal, Suman Saikia, Barsha Bordoloi, Bobita Tandon, Veena Ghatani, Sudeep Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Eating raw or insufficiently cooked mollusks is a known risk factor for human echinostomiasis. We confirmed identification of Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex trematodes as the causative agent of disease among 170 children in northern Bihar, India. We also identified the snail Pila globosa as a potential source of infections in the study area. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6649313/ /pubmed/31310229 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.181427 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Prasad, Yugal K.
Dahal, Suman
Saikia, Barsha
Bordoloi, Bobita
Tandon, Veena
Ghatani, Sudeep
Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex Trematode Infections in Children, Bihar, India
title Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex Trematode Infections in Children, Bihar, India
title_full Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex Trematode Infections in Children, Bihar, India
title_fullStr Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex Trematode Infections in Children, Bihar, India
title_full_unstemmed Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex Trematode Infections in Children, Bihar, India
title_short Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex Trematode Infections in Children, Bihar, India
title_sort artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex trematode infections in children, bihar, india
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649313/
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