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- Title
Human cases of simultaneous echinococcosis and tuberculosis --significance and extent in China.
- Abstract
The article presents a report on the significance and extent of human cases of simultaneous echinococcosis and tuberculosis in China. Two patients from Xiji County, south Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region with simultaneous echinococcosis and tuberculosis (TB) has been identified during analysis of retrospective community survey data. The immune profile in both subjects changed from a Th1 to Th2 response as the echinococcosis chronicity increased as shown by a TB skin test, originally positive, becoming negative. It suggests that combined TB/ echinococcosis surveys be undertaken in this area in the future. The surveys would allow early diagnosis of both TB and echinococcosis cases with better prognosis for effective and sustainable treatment outcomes.
- Subjects
CHINA; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; SOCIAL surveys; IMMUNITY; TH1 cells; TH2 cells; SKIN tests; LUNG diseases
- Publication
Parasites & Vectors, 2009, Vol 2, Issue 1, p53
- ISSN
1756-3305
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1756-3305-2-53