Reconsideration of Dr. Allen's Report about Hemoptysis Patients from High Prevalence of Archaeoparasitological Paragonimiasis in Korea
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
; : 635-638, 2019.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
| ID: wpr-786639
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WPRO
ABSTRACT
Horace N. Allen, an American physician, was a Presbyterian missionary to Korea. In 1886, he wrote the annual report of the Korean government hospital, summarizing patient statistics according to outpatient and inpatient classification for the first ever in Korean history. In the report, he speculated that hemoptysis cases of outpatient might have been mainly caused by distoma. Allen’s conjecture was noteworthy because only a few years lapsed since the first scientific report of paragonimiasis. However, he was not sure of his assumption either because it was not evidently supported by proper microscopic or post-mortem examinations. In this letter, we thus revisit his assumption with our parasitological data recently obtained from Joseon period mummies.
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Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Helmintíase
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Doenças Negligenciadas
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Zoonoses
Base de dados:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Pacientes Ambulatoriais
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Paragonimíase
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Autopsia
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Prevalência
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Múmias
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Classificação
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Protestantismo
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Missionários
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Hemoptise
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Pacientes Internados
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Artigo