Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 1986 · 19 citations · 1 references
Veterinary MedicineBiologyInfectious DiseasesHelminthologyParasitologyPediatric Infectious DiseasesClinical ParasitologyHelminth EpidemiologyHelminth InfectionsMedical ParasitologyParasitic Disease DiagnosisSurveillance Of Parasitic DiseasesClinical Diagnosis Of Parasitic DiseasesDiagnostics Of Parasitic DiseasesEpidemiology Of Helminth InfectionsMedical HelminthologyParasitic Infection PreventionRoyal SocietyVeterinary Helminthology
Stool and sputum samples from 127 children in an endemic paragonimiasis area in Liberia, West Africa, were examined for the presence of lung fluke eggs. Samples from nine children (7%) were positive. The eggs were identified as those of Paragonimus uterobilateralis.
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