PARAGONIMUS HETEROTREMUS INFECTION IN NAGALAND: A NEW FOCUS OF PARAGONIMIASIS IN INDIA

Abstract

The study revealed that paragonimiasis has been endemic in Pfutsero, Nagaland, and half of the patients attending the TB clinic were actually suffering from pulmonary paragonimiasis. This is the first confirmed report of an endemic focus of paragonimasis and description of P. heterotremus as the causative agent in Nagaland, India.