TY - JOUR
T1 - Echinostome flukes receovered from humans in Khammouane province, Lao PDR
AU - Chai, Jong Yil
AU - Sohn, Woon Mok
AU - Yong, Tai Soon
AU - Eom, Keeseon S.
AU - Min, Duk Young
AU - Hoang, Eui Hyug
AU - Phammasack, Bounlay
AU - Insisiengmay, Bounnaloth
AU - Rim, Han Jong
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.3347/kjp.2012.50.3.269
DO - 10.3347/kjp.2012.50.3.269
M3 - Article
C2 - 22949759
AN - SCOPUS:84865349919
SN - 0023-4001
VL - 50
SP - 269
EP - 272
JO - Korean Journal of Parasitology
JF - Korean Journal of Parasitology
IS - 3
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