The situation of human fascioliasis discovered in the Northern parts of Vietnam
Journal of Practical Medicine
; : 40-43, 2004.
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ABSTRACT
During two years (2002-2004) a study was conducted in the Northern parts of Vietnam, 35 fascioliasis patients have been determined in 15 provinces. The clinical symptoms found in these patients were pain in the right quadrian of chest 94.3%, fever 60.0%, weight loss 57.1%, indigestion 54.3%, digestive disorder 42.9%, upper abdominal pain 42.9%, allergery 17.1%, out-penetration of adult worm from knee-joints 2.9%. The sub-clinical symptoms detemined by ultrasound images were liver abscesses with mixed echo (100%), eosinophillia in 34 patients (97.1%), Fasciola eggs in stool (25.7%), ELISA (+) with Fasciola gigantica antigen (100%) and almost by title of 1/12,800. Within those patients had been followed, some biochemical index of liver and kidney (GOT, GPT, Creatinin, Ure) were unchanged.
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Assunto principal:
Epidemiologia
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Diagnóstico
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Fasciolíase
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Vi
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Journal of Practical Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2004
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Article