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Fishborne zoonotic intestinal trematodes, Vietnam.
- Source :
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Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2007 Dec; Vol. 13 (12), pp. 1828-33. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Although fishborne zoonotic trematodes that infect the liver are well documented in Vietnam, intestinal fishborne zoonotic trematodes are unreported. Recent discoveries of the metacercarial stage of these flukes in wild and farmed fish prompted an assessment of their risk to a community that eats raw fish. A fecal survey of 615 persons showed a trematode egg prevalence of 64.9%. Infected persons were treated to expel liver and intestinal parasites for specific identification. The liver trematode Clonorchis sinensis was recovered from 51.5%, but > or =1 of 4 intestinal species of the family Heterophyidae was recovered from 100%. The most numerous were Haplorchis spp. (90.4% of all worms recovered). These results demonstrate that fishborne intestinal parasites are an unrecognized food safety risk in a country whose people have a strong tradition of eating raw fish.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Age Distribution
Animals
Cross-Sectional Studies
Feces parasitology
Female
Fish Diseases epidemiology
Humans
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic epidemiology
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic parasitology
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic transmission
Male
Prevalence
Trematoda classification
Trematode Infections epidemiology
Trematode Infections transmission
Vietnam epidemiology
Fish Diseases parasitology
Fish Diseases transmission
Fishes parasitology
Food Parasitology
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic veterinary
Trematode Infections veterinary
Zoonoses epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1080-6040
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18258031
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1312.070554