| Title |
Fasciolopsiasis: is it a controllable food-borne disease?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Parasitology Research, January 2001
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| DOI | 10.1007/s004360000299 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Robert H. Gilman, Bernard Fried |
| Abstract |
Fasciolopsiasis, endemic to the Orient and Southeast Asia, is a snail-transmitted, intestinal, food-borne parasitic zoonosis caused by a trematode, Fasciolopsis buski, which also infects farm pigs. Fasciolopsiasis remains a public health problem despite changes in eating habits, alterations in social and agricultural practices, health education, industrialization, and environmental alterations. The disease occurs focally and is most prevalent in school-age children. In foci of parasite transmission, the prevalence of infection in children ranges from 57% in mainland China to 25% in Taiwan and from 50% in Bangladesh and 60% in India to 10% in Thailand. Control programs implemented for food-borne zoonoses are not fully successful for fasciolopsiasis because of century-old traditions of eating raw aquatic plants and using untreated water. Fasciolopsiasis is aggravated by social and economic factors such as poverty, malnutrition, an explosively growing free-food market, a lack of sufficient food inspection and sanitation, other helminthiases, and declining economic conditions. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1 | 2% |
| Philippines | 1 | 2% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 59 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 12 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 15 | 24% |
| Unknown | 14 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 19% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 16% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 13 | 21% |
| Unknown | 17 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
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