Epidemic factors and control of hepatic echinococcosis in Qinghai province
| Autor: | Fan Yang, Ai Luo, Pengqian Fang, Ji-quan Li, Hu Wang, Hai-sheng Wu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male China Echinococcosis Hepatic Veterinary medicine Adolescent Antibodies Helminth Biomedical Engineering Biochemistry Host-Parasite Interactions Serology Biomaterials Young Adult Sex Factors Risk Factors Seroepidemiologic Studies Sex factors Prevalence Genetics Animals Humans Medicine Seroprevalence Significant risk Occupations Child Epidemics Aged Ultrasonography Earth-Surface Processes business.industry Age Factors Middle Aged Hepatic Echinococcosis medicine.disease Echinococcosis Echinococcus Multicenter study Child Preschool Female business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology [Medical Sciences]. 34:142-145 |
| ISSN: | 1993-1352 1672-0733 |
| Popis: | Hepatic echinococcosis, also called echinococcosis, is a health-threatening disease commonly found in pasture, and belongs to parasitic zoonoses. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and the risk factors of echinococcosis in Qinghai province in order to provide fundamental data for prevention and control of echinococcosis in Qinghai province. A total of 23 445 people from 21 counties were enrolled in this study by multi-stage stratified random sampling. Echinococcosis was diagnosed by using B-mode ultrasonography and serological tests. The results showed that the prevalence of echinococcosis was 4.47% (95%CI: 4.21%-4.73%) and serum positive rate (seroprevalence) was 15.47% (95%CI: 14.92%-16.02%) in 2010. The distribution of echinococcosis differed in age, sex, ethnicity, occupation and regions in Qinghai (P |
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