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. 2019 Jul;25(7):1435-1437.
doi: 10.3201/eid2507.190495.

Low-Grade Endemicity of Opisthorchiasis, Yangon, Myanmar

Woon-Mok Sohn, Bong-Kwang Jung, Sung-Jong Hong, Keon-Hoon Lee, Jong-Bok Park, Hyun-Seung Kim, Seon Cho, Thi Thi Htoon, Htay Htay Tin, Jong-Yil Chai

Low-Grade Endemicity of Opisthorchiasis, Yangon, Myanmar

Woon-Mok Sohn et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Jul.

Abstract

We performed an epidemiologic survey of opisthorchiasis in Yangon, Myanmar. The fecal egg-positive rate of residents was 0.7%, and we recovered an adult fluke after chemotherapy and purging of an egg-positive resident. We detected Opisthorchis viverrini metacercariae in freshwater fish. We found the Yangon area to have low-grade endemicity of opisthorchiasis.

Keywords: Metacercaria; Myanmar; Opisthorchis viverrini; adult worm recovery; cholangiocarcinoma; helminths; liver fluke; parasites; zoonoses.

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