Parasitology should not be abandoned:data from outpatient parasitological testing in Guangdong,China  

作　　者：Lan-Gui Song Xiao-Ying Zheng Da-Tao Lin Guang-Xi Wang Zhong-Dao Wu 

机构地区：[1]Department of Parasitology of Zhongshan School of Medicine,Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou 510080,China [2]Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control(SYSU),Ministry of Education,Guangzhou 510080,China [3]Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Biological Vector Control,Guangzhou,Guangdong 510080,China [4]Southwest Medical University,Luzhou,Sichuan 646000,China

出　　处：《Infectious Diseases of Poverty》2017年第1期1061-1066,共6页贫困所致传染病（英文）

基　　金：This study was supported by National Research and Development Plan of China(No.2016YFC1200500).

摘　　要：Over the past six decades,the Chinese government made parasitoses with a high disease burden,including soiltransmitted nematode infections,malaria,leishmaniasis,filariasis,and schistosomiasis,a public health priority because they were seen to be crucial impediments to the development of rural areas.As a result,these debilitating parasitic diseases that used to be widely prevalent have been well controlled or eliminated.Consequently,less attention has been paid to parasitic infection during the rapid development of the economy,especially in developed areas.However,our investigations conducted in the parasitological laboratory of Sun Yat-sen University(Guangzhou,Guangdong,China)show that emerging parasitic diseases still threaten many people’s health,with 340 of 880 outpatients(38.6%)receiving a diagnosis of parasitic disease,among whom 201(59.1%)had clonorchiasis and 120(35.3%)had taeniasis/cysticercosis.Furthermore,our doctors are not equipped with sufficient parasitology knowledge because this discipline is not able to maintain attraction.Many parasitic infections that result in severe consequences are treatable and preventable,but the phenomena of misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis are common and merit attention.

关 键 词：Parasitic diseases PARASITOLOGY Guangdong Province P.R.China 

分 类 号：R53[医药卫生—内科学]