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The complement fixation (CF) test has been the standard test for paragonimiasis; it is highly sensitive for diagnosis and for assessing cure after therapy. Because of the technical difficulties of CF, enzyme immunoassay (EIA) tests were developed as a replacement.
About Paragonimiasis | Paragonimiasis | CDC - Centers for Disease ...
2024年9月9日 · Paragonimus is a parasitic lung fluke that infects a person's lungs and causes paragonimiasis. You can get paragonimiasis by eating raw or undercooked crabs or crayfish. Initial symptoms include diarrhea and abdominal pain, followed by fever, chest pain, and fatigue.
Clinical Overview of Paragonimiasis | Paragonimiasis | CDC
2024年5月6日 · Paragonimiasis is an infection caused by a parasitic lung fluke (flat worm). It is transmitted by eating raw or undercooked crabs and crayfish. It usually causes a lung infection in the affected person.
Clinical Testing and Diagnosis for Paragonimiasis
2024年5月6日 · The most clinically recognizable ectopic lesions arise from cerebral paragonimiasis, which, in highly endemic countries, more commonly affects children. These children present with eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, seizures, or signs of …
Human Paragonimiasis After Eating Raw or Undercooked Crayfish ...
2010年12月10日 · Paragonimiasis, a rare parasitic disease in the United States, is caused by Paragonimus trematodes (lung flukes) that infect humans who eat raw or undercooked crayfish or freshwater crabs that harbor the parasites.
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Article Title: Paragonimus kellicotti Flukes in Missouri, USA
2012年7月23日 · Paragonimiasis is an infection caused by lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus. In Asia, P. westermani infections are relatively common because of dietary practices. However, in North America, cases of paragonimiasis, which are caused by P. kellicotti flukes, are rare.
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Paragonimiasis Paragonimus is a lung fluke (flatworm) that infects the lungs of humans after eating an infected raw or undercooked crab or crayfish. View All
Health-care providers should consider paragonimiasis when examining patients with unexplained fever, cough, eosinophilia, and pleural effusion or other chest radiographic abnormalities and should ask those patients whether they have eaten raw or undercooked crayfish. The WUSM article (2) and reports of two paragonimia-
Flukes, Lung | CDC Yellow Book 2024
Paragonimiasis is caused by helminth parasites in the genus Paragonimus, especially Paragonimus westermani. Transmission. Lung fluke infections are transmitted by eating raw or undercooked, pickled, or salted freshwater crab or crawfish infected with the …