Childhood suffering: hyper endemic echinococcosis in Qinghai-Tibetan primary school students, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As part of an ongoing program that aims to use early detection and timely treatment to improve the control of echinococcosis, especially in younger age groups, we undertook a series of active surveys among Qinghai-Tibetan children in the Qinghai Province of Northwestern China in 2011 and 2012. The significant outcomes that resulted from this study emphasize the need to draw attention to echinococcosis, both alveolar echinococcosis (AE) and cystic echinococcosis (CE), so that policy development is promoted and suitable avenues for control are identified in the highly endemic areas on the Tibetan Plateau.

Methods

A total of 19 629 primary school students, aged 6-18 years, with a dominant Tibetan background underwent abdominal ultrasound examination, and 86.4% of the

SUBMITTER: Han XM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6042437 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature