High Prevalence of Echinostoma mekongi Infection in Schoolchildren and Adults, Kandal Province, Cambodia
Bong-Kwang Jung, Taehee Chang, Seungwan Ryoo, Sooji Hong, Jeonggyu Lee, Sung-Jong Hong, Woon-Mok Sohn, Virak Khieu, Rekol Huy, Jong-Yil Chai
TL;DR
A study in Cambodia found that many schoolchildren and adults are infected with Echinostoma mekongi, likely from eating snails.
Contribution
The study confirms snail consumption as the source of Echinostoma mekongi infection using both morphological and molecular methods.
Findings
Echinostoma mekongi infection was found in 13.9% of participants in Kandal Province.
Consumption of Pila sp. snails was identified as the source of infection.
Molecular analysis confirmed the infection source using cox1 and nd1 genes.
Abstract
A high prevalence of Echinostoma mekongi infection (13.9%; 260/1,876) was found among schoolchildren and adults in Kandal Province, Cambodia, by fecal examination, worm expulsion, and molecular analysis of cox1 and nd1 genes. The source of infection was consumption of Pila sp. snails, a finding confirmed morphologically and molecularly.
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TopicsParasite Biology and Host Interactions · Parasites and Host Interactions · Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics