| paragonimiasis in cameroon: molecular identification, serodiagnosis and clinical manifestations. | paragonimiasis is a common parasitic zoonosis in cameroon and neighbouring countries in western africa. serum, sputum and faecal samples were collected in an endemic area of south west province, cameroon, after administration of a questionnaire to identify individuals with appropriate symptoms and histories. microscopic examination revealed eggs in sputum from 16 people, but none in any faecal sample. these 16 were among the 25 and 26 people, respectively, positive by elisa and by immunoblot usi ... | 2009 | 18992906 |
| [epidemiologic and clinical study of paragonimosis in cameroon. results of niclofolan treatment]. | paragonimiasis does not occur only in the south west province of cameroon. four foci exist in the country. they are the well known focus in the mount kupe area, the mbam focus, the nyong focus and the ntem focus. all of them are located in the rainforest within the distribution area of potadoma. this disease, characterized by the presence of eggs in sputum and feces, has often been confused with tuberculosis. in the villages where paragonimiasis is diagnosed by means of parasitological technique ... | 1981 | 7285268 |