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

Hee-Eun Shin; Myoung-Ro Lee; Jung-Won Ju; Byong-Suk Jeong; Mi-Yeoun Park; Keoung-Sook Lee; Shin-Hyeong Cho

doi:10.1155/2017/7415301

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases (Jan 2017)

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

Hee-Eun Shin,
Myoung-Ro Lee,
Jung-Won Ju,
Byong-Suk Jeong,
Mi-Yeoun Park,
Keoung-Sook Lee,
Shin-Hyeong Cho

Affiliations

Hee-Eun Shin: Division of Malaria and Parasitic Diseases, Center for Immunology and Pathology, National Research Institute of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong 28159, Republic of Korea
Myoung-Ro Lee: Division of Malaria and Parasitic Diseases, Center for Immunology and Pathology, National Research Institute of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong 28159, Republic of Korea
Jung-Won Ju: Division of Malaria and Parasitic Diseases, Center for Immunology and Pathology, National Research Institute of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong 28159, Republic of Korea
Byong-Suk Jeong: Division of Malaria and Parasitic Diseases, Center for Immunology and Pathology, National Research Institute of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong 28159, Republic of Korea
Mi-Yeoun Park: Division of Malaria and Parasitic Diseases, Center for Immunology and Pathology, National Research Institute of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong 28159, Republic of Korea
Keoung-Sook Lee: Department of Public Health, Okcheon-Gun Health Center, Okcheon 29032, Republic of Korea
Shin-Hyeong Cho: Division of Malaria and Parasitic Diseases, Center for Immunology and Pathology, National Research Institute of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong 28159, Republic of Korea

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/7415301
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2017

Abstract

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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.

Published in Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1687-708X (Print); 1687-7098 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7475

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