An attempt to study the case fatality rate in Schistosoma japonicum infection in the Philippines.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1986 Mar; 17(1): 67-70
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em Inglês
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| ID: sea-32234
ABSTRACT
As a sequence to a cross-sectional study on the clinical gradient of the disease by Pesigan et al., (1965) a follow-up of the subjects in that study was made after 12 years. Of the 135 untreated cases followed up, 23 (17.04%) died from various causes of which 12 (8.89%) had signs and symptoms attributable to schistosomiasis as the immediate cause or one of the main causes of death. This occurred in 1 to 11 years with an average of 5 years, which corresponds roughly to 1.78% of the infected cases per year. This is considered a conservative estimate because in the other deaths due to other diseases, schistosomiasis is a contributory cause. A diminishing severity of the disease was observed among the surviving patients which could imply that they must have developed some degree of immunity to the disease.
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Assunto principal:
Filipinas
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Esplenomegalia
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Esquistossomose Japônica
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Humanos
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Criança
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Seguimentos
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Adolescente
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Fatores Etários
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Adulto
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Fezes
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Ano de publicação:
1986
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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