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Asymptomatic Human Paragonimiasis among the Karen People in Tak Province, Thailand: A Case Report

During the mobile clinic activities in Tak Province, Thailand, Paragonimus sp. eggs were found in a fecal sample of a 72-year-old Karen resident. Paragonimus DNA was amplified from the stool sample and identified to P. heterotremus. The patient did not have any symptoms. Apparent pulmonary lesion wa...

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Autores principales: Kusolsuk, Teera, Phuphisut, Orawan, Maipanich, Wanna, Pubampen, Somchit, Sa-nguankiat, Surapol, Poodeepiyasawat, Akkarin, Homsuwan, Nirundorn, Mongkolmoo, Srisuchart, Yoonuan, Tippayarat, Adisakwattana, Poom, Silachamroon, Udomsak, Nawa, Yukifumi
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Publicado: The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7066450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32145728
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2020.58.1.57
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author Kusolsuk, Teera
Phuphisut, Orawan
Maipanich, Wanna
Pubampen, Somchit
Sa-nguankiat, Surapol
Poodeepiyasawat, Akkarin
Homsuwan, Nirundorn
Mongkolmoo, Srisuchart
Yoonuan, Tippayarat
Adisakwattana, Poom
Silachamroon, Udomsak
Nawa, Yukifumi
author_facet Kusolsuk, Teera
Phuphisut, Orawan
Maipanich, Wanna
Pubampen, Somchit
Sa-nguankiat, Surapol
Poodeepiyasawat, Akkarin
Homsuwan, Nirundorn
Mongkolmoo, Srisuchart
Yoonuan, Tippayarat
Adisakwattana, Poom
Silachamroon, Udomsak
Nawa, Yukifumi
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description During the mobile clinic activities in Tak Province, Thailand, Paragonimus sp. eggs were found in a fecal sample of a 72-year-old Karen resident. Paragonimus DNA was amplified from the stool sample and identified to P. heterotremus. The patient did not have any symptoms. Apparent pulmonary lesion was not found on the chest X-ray. The patient admitted habitual consumption of semi-cooked or roasted waterfall crabs for several years. The waterfall crabs collected from stream near the village were found negative for Paragonimus metacercariae. In northern Thailand, paragonimiasis remains as one of the public health concerns and should be ruled out for asymptomatic pulmonary patients.
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spelling pubmed-70664502020-03-19 Asymptomatic Human Paragonimiasis among the Karen People in Tak Province, Thailand: A Case Report Kusolsuk, Teera Phuphisut, Orawan Maipanich, Wanna Pubampen, Somchit Sa-nguankiat, Surapol Poodeepiyasawat, Akkarin Homsuwan, Nirundorn Mongkolmoo, Srisuchart Yoonuan, Tippayarat Adisakwattana, Poom Silachamroon, Udomsak Nawa, Yukifumi Korean J Parasitol Case Report During the mobile clinic activities in Tak Province, Thailand, Paragonimus sp. eggs were found in a fecal sample of a 72-year-old Karen resident. Paragonimus DNA was amplified from the stool sample and identified to P. heterotremus. The patient did not have any symptoms. Apparent pulmonary lesion was not found on the chest X-ray. The patient admitted habitual consumption of semi-cooked or roasted waterfall crabs for several years. The waterfall crabs collected from stream near the village were found negative for Paragonimus metacercariae. In northern Thailand, paragonimiasis remains as one of the public health concerns and should be ruled out for asymptomatic pulmonary patients. The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2020-02 2020-02-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7066450/ /pubmed/32145728 http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2020.58.1.57 Text en Copyright © 2020 by The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Kusolsuk, Teera
Phuphisut, Orawan
Maipanich, Wanna
Pubampen, Somchit
Sa-nguankiat, Surapol
Poodeepiyasawat, Akkarin
Homsuwan, Nirundorn
Mongkolmoo, Srisuchart
Yoonuan, Tippayarat
Adisakwattana, Poom
Silachamroon, Udomsak
Nawa, Yukifumi
Asymptomatic Human Paragonimiasis among the Karen People in Tak Province, Thailand: A Case Report
title Asymptomatic Human Paragonimiasis among the Karen People in Tak Province, Thailand: A Case Report
title_full Asymptomatic Human Paragonimiasis among the Karen People in Tak Province, Thailand: A Case Report
title_fullStr Asymptomatic Human Paragonimiasis among the Karen People in Tak Province, Thailand: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Asymptomatic Human Paragonimiasis among the Karen People in Tak Province, Thailand: A Case Report
title_short Asymptomatic Human Paragonimiasis among the Karen People in Tak Province, Thailand: A Case Report
title_sort asymptomatic human paragonimiasis among the karen people in tak province, thailand: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7066450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32145728
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2020.58.1.57
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