Low-Grade Endemicity of Opisthorchiasis, Yangon, Myanmar

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Sohn, Woon-Mok ; Jung, Bong-Kwang ; Hong, Sung-Jong ; Lee, Keon-Hoon ; Park, Jong-Bok ; Kim, Hyun-Seung ; Cho, Seon ; Htoon, Thi Thi ; Tin, Htay Htay ; Chai, Jong-Yil
• Description:
  We performed an epidemiologic survey of opisthorchiasis in Yangon, Myanmar. The fecal egg-positive rate of residents was 0.7%, and we recovered an adult fluke after chemotherapy and purging of an egg-positive resident. We detected Opisthorchis viverrini metacercariae in freshwater fish. We found the Yangon area to have low-grade endemicity of opisthorchiasis.
• Subjects:
  Animals Fish Diseases Humans Opisthorchiasis/Veterinary Opisthorchis Population Surveillance
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(7):1435-1437
• Pubmed ID:
  31211941
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6590760
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Myanmar
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:15f80f149af2a29e6bd47587b2b1ae4b9305a717caea539588f8685761f88fb7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/79643/cdc_79643_DS1.pdf
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