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Foodborne Parasites Dominate Current Parasitic Infections in Hunan Province, China

Great progress has been made in the prevention and treatment of human parasitic diseases in China over the past six decades, but parasitic diseases are still one of the most serious public health problems in the world. The specific prevalence of parasitic diseases varies in different provinces due t...

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Autores principales: Liu, Xiaohua, Wu, Mengqi, Liu, Yuan, Li, Jing, Yang, Dongqian, Jiang, Liping
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8551805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34722349
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2021.774980
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author Liu, Xiaohua
Wu, Mengqi
Liu, Yuan
Li, Jing
Yang, Dongqian
Jiang, Liping
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Liu, Yuan
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Yang, Dongqian
Jiang, Liping
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description Great progress has been made in the prevention and treatment of human parasitic diseases in China over the past six decades, but parasitic diseases are still one of the most serious public health problems in the world. The specific prevalence of parasitic diseases varies in different provinces due to their geographical environment and the dietary habits of people. In this study, a total of 4,428 patients suspected to have parasitic infection by clinicians or themselves from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2020 were recommended to our laboratory for further testing. In total, 5,246 samples including fecal, blood, and other body fluids were detected by etiological and immunological methods. Approximately 15.20% (673/4,428) of all suspected patients were infected by at least one species of parasite, and the overall positive rate of suspected patients from Hunan Province was 15.10% (594/3,933). A total of 18 species of parasites, namely, nematodes (4 species), trematodes (5 species), cestodes (4 species), protozoa (2 species), and medical arthropods (3 species), and 3 of them were imported parasites outside of Hunan Province. There are 9 species of foodborne parasites, accounting for 89.92% (464/516) of patients infected by one species of parasite. Common parasites in Hunan Province include plerocercoid, Paragonimus westermani, Clonorchis sinensis, cysticercus, Toxoplasma gondii, and Schistosoma japonicum. In this study, we found that the incidence of soilborne nematode infections has decreased significantly. However, foodborne parasites gradually become the main parasitic infections as well as multiple infections are becoming more common. Therefore, we should not only continue the prevention and control of soil-derived nematodes but also focus on the prevention and control of foodborne parasites in the future.
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spelling pubmed-85518052021-10-29 Foodborne Parasites Dominate Current Parasitic Infections in Hunan Province, China Liu, Xiaohua Wu, Mengqi Liu, Yuan Li, Jing Yang, Dongqian Jiang, Liping Front Cell Infect Microbiol Cellular and Infection Microbiology Great progress has been made in the prevention and treatment of human parasitic diseases in China over the past six decades, but parasitic diseases are still one of the most serious public health problems in the world. The specific prevalence of parasitic diseases varies in different provinces due to their geographical environment and the dietary habits of people. In this study, a total of 4,428 patients suspected to have parasitic infection by clinicians or themselves from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2020 were recommended to our laboratory for further testing. In total, 5,246 samples including fecal, blood, and other body fluids were detected by etiological and immunological methods. Approximately 15.20% (673/4,428) of all suspected patients were infected by at least one species of parasite, and the overall positive rate of suspected patients from Hunan Province was 15.10% (594/3,933). A total of 18 species of parasites, namely, nematodes (4 species), trematodes (5 species), cestodes (4 species), protozoa (2 species), and medical arthropods (3 species), and 3 of them were imported parasites outside of Hunan Province. There are 9 species of foodborne parasites, accounting for 89.92% (464/516) of patients infected by one species of parasite. Common parasites in Hunan Province include plerocercoid, Paragonimus westermani, Clonorchis sinensis, cysticercus, Toxoplasma gondii, and Schistosoma japonicum. In this study, we found that the incidence of soilborne nematode infections has decreased significantly. However, foodborne parasites gradually become the main parasitic infections as well as multiple infections are becoming more common. Therefore, we should not only continue the prevention and control of soil-derived nematodes but also focus on the prevention and control of foodborne parasites in the future. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8551805/ /pubmed/34722349 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2021.774980 Text en Copyright © 2021 Liu, Wu, Liu, Li, Yang and Jiang https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Liu, Xiaohua
Wu, Mengqi
Liu, Yuan
Li, Jing
Yang, Dongqian
Jiang, Liping
Foodborne Parasites Dominate Current Parasitic Infections in Hunan Province, China
title Foodborne Parasites Dominate Current Parasitic Infections in Hunan Province, China
title_full Foodborne Parasites Dominate Current Parasitic Infections in Hunan Province, China
title_fullStr Foodborne Parasites Dominate Current Parasitic Infections in Hunan Province, China
title_full_unstemmed Foodborne Parasites Dominate Current Parasitic Infections in Hunan Province, China
title_short Foodborne Parasites Dominate Current Parasitic Infections in Hunan Province, China
title_sort foodborne parasites dominate current parasitic infections in hunan province, china
topic Cellular and Infection Microbiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8551805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34722349
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2021.774980
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