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Paragonimus & paragonimiasis in India

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2012

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Review

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9715916

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2-s2.0-84866750486

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Bibliographic Citation

Indian Journal of Medical Research. Vol 136, No.2 (2012), p.192-204

Suggested Citation

Shantikumar Singh T., Sugiyama H., Rangsiruji A. Paragonimus & paragonimiasis in India. Indian Journal of Medical Research. Vol 136, No.2 (2012), p.192-204. Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/6998

Title

Paragonimus & paragonimiasis in India

Author(s)

Shantikumar Singh T.
 Sugiyama H.
 Rangsiruji A.

Abstract

Ever since the discovery of the first indigenous case in 1981, paragonimiasis has gained recognition as a significant food borne parasitic zoonosis in India. The data available on the occurrence of paragonimiasis, until today, may be just the tip of an iceberg as the study areas covered were restricted to Northeast Indian States. Nevertheless, the results of research on paragonimiasis in India have revealed valuable information in epidemiology, life cycle, pathobiology and speciation of Indian Paragonimus. Potamiscus manipurensis, Alcomon superciliosum and Maydelliathelphusa lugubris were identified as the crab hosts of Paragonimus. Paragonimus miyazakii manipurinus n. sub sp., P. hueit'ungensis, P. skrjabini, P. heterotremus, P. compactus, and P. westermani have been described from India. P. heterotremus was found as the causative agent of human paragonimiasis. Ingestion of undercooked crabs and raw crab extract was the major mode of infection. Pulmonary paragonimiasis was the commonest clinical manifestation while pleural effusion and subcutaneous nodules were the common extra-pulmonary forms. Clinico-radiological features of pulmonary paragonimiasis simulated pulmonary tuberculosis. Intradermal test, ELISA and Dot-immunogold filtration assay (DIGFA) were used for diagnosis and epidemiological survey of paragonimiasis. Phylogenitically, Indian Paragonimus species, although nested within the respective clade were distantly related to others within the clade.

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Anthelmintic agent
 Antihistaminic agent
 Bithionol
 Praziquantel
 Ticlabendazole
 Unclassified drug
 Abdominal paragonimiasis
 Absence of side effects
 Alcomon superciliosum
 Cardiovascular paragonimiasis
 Cerebral paragonimiasis
 Crab
 Cuatneous paragonimiasis
 Diarrhea
 Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
 Extrapulmonary paragonimiasis
 Human
 India
 Lung tuberculosis
 Maydelliathelphusa lugubris
 Nausea
 Nonhuman
 Nucleotide sequence
 Paragonimiasis
 Paragonimus
 Paragonimus compactus
 Paragonimus heterotremus
 Paragonimus miyazakii manipurinus
 Paragonimus skrjabini
 Paragonimus westermani
 Phylogeny
 Pleura effusion
 Pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis
 Potamiscus manipurensis
 Pruritus
 Recommended drug dose
 Review
 Sputum analysis
 Thorax radiography
 Urticaria
 Vomiting
 Western blotting
 Animals
 Humans
 India
 Life Cycle Stages
 Lung
 Paragonimiasis
 Paragonimus
 Phylogeography
 Sputum

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