[Clonorchiasis in the Upper Amur region: biology, epidemiology, clinical presentation]

V A Figurnov; A D Chertov; N A Romanenko; A A Grigorenko; V A Gavrilov; P K Soldatkin; P P Prokhorov; V G Solozhenkin; V V Kalinina; I S Katin; A V Gavrilov; N P Mosolova; E V Figurnova

[Clonorchiasis in the Upper Amur region: biology, epidemiology, clinical presentation]

Med Parazitol (Mosk). 2002 Oct-Dec:(4):20-3.

[Article in Russian]

Authors

V A Figurnov, A D Chertov, N A Romanenko, A A Grigorenko, V A Gavrilov, P K Soldatkin, P P Prokhorov, V G Solozhenkin, V V Kalinina, I S Katin, A V Gavrilov, N P Mosolova, E V Figurnova

PMID: 12557581

Abstract

Results of studies of clonorchiasis in the region of the Upper Amur and its tributaries are presented. Biological features of the pathogen and its epidemiology are outlined. Clinical symptoms were studied in 112 patients. In case of death, a pathoanatomic picture is given.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Animals
Animals, Domestic / parasitology
Animals, Wild / parasitology
Child
Clonorchiasis / diagnosis
Clonorchiasis / epidemiology*
Clonorchiasis / veterinary*
Clonorchis sinensis / isolation & purification
Clonorchis sinensis / pathogenicity*
Disease Reservoirs / veterinary*
Eosinophilia / etiology
Female
Fever / etiology
Fish Diseases / epidemiology*
Fish Diseases / parasitology
Fishes
Humans
Liver / parasitology
Male
Middle Aged
Mollusca / parasitology
Risk Factors
Russia / epidemiology
Seasons
Serum Albumin / analysis

Substances

Serum Albumin