Low-Grade Endemicity of Opisthorchiasis, Yangon, Myanmar.

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.

SUBMITTER: Sohn WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6590760 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature