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Echinostome flukes receovered from humans in Khammouane Province, Lao PDR.

Authors
 Jong-Yil Chai  ;  Woon-Mok Sohn  ;  Tai-Soon Yong  ;  Keeseon S. Eom  ;  Duk-Young Min  ;  Eui-Hyug Hoang  ;  Bounlay Phammasack  ;  Bounnaloth Insisiengmay  ;  Han-Jong Rim 
Citation
 KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY, Vol.50(3) : 269-272, 2012 
Journal Title
KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY
ISSN
 0023-4001 
Issue Date
2012
MeSH
Adult ; Animals ; Anthelmintics/administration & dosage ; Echinostomatidae/classification* ; Echinostomatidae/isolation & purification* ; Female ; Humans ; Laos ; Magnesium/administration & dosage ; Male ; Praziquantel/administration & dosage ; Trematode Infections/parasitology*
Keywords
Artyfechinostomum malayanum ; Echinochasmus japonicus ; Echinostoma revolutum ; Euparyphium sp. ; Khammouane ; Lao PDR ; echinostomiasis
Abstract
Echinostome eggs were detected in 22 (1.1%) of 2,074 people residing in riparian villages along the Mekong River in Khammouane Province, Lao PDR. In order to recover the adult flukes, 9 persons were treated with praziquantel and purged with magnesium salts. A total of 55 echinostome specimens (4 species) were recovered from the 9 persons. Echinostoma revolutum (8 specimens) was recovered from 3 persons, Artyfechinostomum malayanum (8 specimens) was from 2 persons, Echinochasmus japonicus (33 specimens) was from 7 persons, and Euparyphium sp. (6 specimens) was from 1 person. In Lao PDR, only human infections with E. japonicus were previously known. Therefore, the present study describes human infections with E. revolutum, A. malayanum, and Euparyphium sp. for the first time in Lao PDR. These results indicate that the surveyed villages of Khammouane Province, Lao PDR are low-grade endemic foci of echinostomiasis.
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DOI
22949759
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Tropica Medicine (열대의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Yong, Tai Soon(용태순) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3445-0769
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/91311
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