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. 2017:2017:7415301.
doi: 10.1155/2017/7415301. Epub 2017 Apr 26.

Epidemiological and Clinical Parameters Features of Patients with Clonorchiasis in the Geum River Basin, Republic of Korea

Hee-Eun Shin  1 , Myoung-Ro Lee  1 , Jung-Won Ju  1 , Byong-Suk Jeong  1 , Mi-Yeoun Park  1 , Keoung-Sook Lee  2 , Shin-Hyeong Cho  1
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Epidemiological and Clinical Parameters Features of Patients with Clonorchiasis in the Geum River Basin, Republic of Korea

Hee-Eun Shin et al. Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis. 2017.

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the infection rates of Clonorchis sinensis and laboratory findings in infected people. The 3,167 fecal samples, from nine villages in Okcheon-gun, were examined.

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Figure 1
Geographic locations of the surveyed areas. Map shows (a) the Korean Peninsula and (b) the Okcheon-gun County of the Chungcheongbuk-do Province of Korea. The Geum River is shown in blue. Individual villages are shown on the map as follows: ① Okcheon-eup, ② Annae-myeon, ③ Annam-myeon, ④ Cheongsan-myeon, ⑤ Cheongseong-myeon, ⑥ Dongi-myeon, ⑦ Gunbuk-myeon, ⑧ Gunseo-myeon, and ⑨ Iwon-myeon.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Relationship between parasite quantity (EPG) and eosinophil count in C. sinensis infected patients. Pearson correlation analysis shows a significant positive correlation in C. sinensis infected patients between the eggs per gram (EPG) in their stool and their eosinophil counts (Pearson's r = 0.36, p = 0.014, and n = 57). The results of linear regression analysis are shown (line slope is y = 0.002x + 2.855 and r2 = 0.13).
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