Opisthorchiasis and intestinal fluke infections in northern Thailand.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1998 Mar; 29(1): 123-7
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
Four hundred and thirty-one residents from 16 provinces in northern Thailand who had previously been found positive for Opisthorchis viverrini or Opisthorchis viverrini-like eggs were given praziquantel 40 mg/kg. The stool was collected for 4 to 6 times and examined for adult worms. The prevalence of Opisthorchis viverrini in this group was 11.6%. Intestinal flukes, Haplorchis taichui and Haplorchis yokogawai, were predominantly found in 63.11% and 10.44% respectively. Other intestinal flukes (Centrocestus caninus, Echinostoma malayanum, Haplorchis pumilio, Phaneropsolus bonnei, Plagiorchid flukes, Prosthodendrium molenkampi and Stellantchasmus falcatus) were also found in small numbers.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Opisthorchiasis
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Praziquantel
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Thailand
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Trematoda
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Trematode Infections
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Humans
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Prevalence
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Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
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Animals
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Antiplatyhelmintic Agents
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
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