Hydatid disease in asymptomatic young carriers in northern Greece
| Autor: | A. Korkas, Andrew Fretzayas, Th. Karpathios, P. Nicolaidou, N Matsaniotis, J. Tselentis |
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| Rok vydání: | 1983 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Counterimmunoelectrophoresis Adolescent Population Prevalence Disease Asymptomatic Echinococcosis Virology Epidemiology medicine Humans education Child education.field_of_study Greece business.industry medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Carrier State Parasitology Female medicine.symptom business Asymptomatic carrier |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 32(6) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9637 |
| Popis: | An epidemiological survey to determine the prevalence of echinococcosis in children and adolescents was made in Grevena County of northern Greece. Counterimmunoelectrophoresis was used to screen 2,736 school children whose ages ranged from 6–18 years; among them, three asymptomatic carriers were identified. The diagnosis was subsequently confirmed by liver radioisotope scanning. By extrapolation, we estimate that the point prevalence of hydatid disease in the asymptomatic population of the study area is 110 per 100,000. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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