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SUBMITTER: Sohn WM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6590760 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sohn Woon-Mok WM Jung Bong-Kwang BK Hong Sung-Jong SJ Lee Keon-Hoon KH Park Jong-Bok JB Kim Hyun-Seung HS Cho Seon S Htoon Thi Thi TT Tin Htay Htay HH Chai Jong-Yil JY
Emerging infectious diseases 20190701 7
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. ...[more]