Publication: Paragonimiasis prevalences in Saraburi Province, Thailand, measured 20 years apart
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2008-07-01
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01251562
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Mahidol University
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Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.39, No.4 (2008), 593-600
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Tippayarat Yoonuan, Yuvadee Vanvanitchai, Paron Dekumyoy, Chalit Komalamisra, Somei Kojima, Jitra Waikagul Paragonimiasis prevalences in Saraburi Province, Thailand, measured 20 years apart. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.39, No.4 (2008), 593-600. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/19603
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Paragonimiasis prevalences in Saraburi Province, Thailand, measured 20 years apart
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Saraburi Province, Central Thailand has been a paragonimiasis-endemic area since 1956. This study compared the prevalences of human paragonimiasis in two villages near Chet Khot Waterfall, Kaeng Khoi District, investigated in 1984-1985 and 2005. The results from the 1980s showed 6.3% and 1% of villagers were positive for Paragonimus eggs in sputum and stool, respectively. In 2005, Paragonimus eggs were not found in feces or sputum. An IgG-ELISA for paragonimiasis was conducted on 33 serum samples collected in the 1980s, 23 collected in 2005 and 25 diagnosed with other parasitic infections. Ninety percent of the samples from the eighties were positive for paragoimiasis, and 43% from 2005 were positive, equivalent to 10.9% and 4.9% of the total population examined in the 1980s and 2005, respectively. Serodiagnosis is currently the best method for detecting paragonimiasis. The positive cases in the 1980s were age 10-60 years and in 2005 were age 34-67 years old. The prevalence and intensity of Paragonimus metacercariae in fresh waterfall crabs collected from Chet Khot Waterfall were significantly lower in the 1980s than in 2005. The prevalence of paragonimiasis in this endemic area has decreased to the level that no egg-producing cases were detected. No infections were found in villagers age <30 years, despite the high density of metacercariae in the crabs, indicating a change in the habit of eating raw food among the younger people.