[Epidemiological survey of suspected natural foci of schistosomiasis in Luxi City]

Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi. 2011 Feb;23(1):105-6.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Three schistosomiasis patients pathologically diagnosed were detected in Luxi City, Yunnan Province, a non-endemic area of schistosomiasis. All the cases were hospitalized for serious intestinal diseases, and Schistosoma japonicum eggs were detected under their colonic mucosa. The 3 patients all denied they had contacted with infested water outside their resident place, and it was suggested that they might be infected in the local area.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • China / epidemiology
  • Cities / epidemiology
  • Colon / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / epidemiology*
  • Intestinal Mucosa / parasitology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parasite Egg Count
  • Schistosoma japonicum / isolation & purification*
  • Schistosomiasis japonica / diagnosis
  • Schistosomiasis japonica / epidemiology*
  • Snails / parasitology
  • Water / parasitology

Substances

  • Water