Abstract
Forty-four cases of pulmonary paragonimiasis, two also with evidence of cerebral infection, were found in Sin Ho District in Northern Viet Nam. There were 30 males and 14 females, 2-30 years of age. The diagnosis was made by sputum examination. Pet dogs and wild dogs in the area were also found infected and the people often eat roasted crabs.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Animals
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Antiplatyhelmintic Agents / therapeutic use
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Brain Diseases / drug therapy
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Brain Diseases / parasitology
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Dog Diseases / epidemiology
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Dogs
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Ethnicity
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Lung Diseases, Parasitic / drug therapy
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Lung Diseases, Parasitic / epidemiology
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Male
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Paragonimiasis / drug therapy
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Paragonimiasis / epidemiology*
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Paragonimiasis / veterinary
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Praziquantel / therapeutic use
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Rural Population
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Vietnam / epidemiology
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Vietnam / ethnology
Substances
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Antiplatyhelmintic Agents
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Praziquantel