Rapid identification of paragonimiasis foci by lay informants in Lao People's Democratic Republic.

• Main Authors: Peter Odermatt (Author), Duong Veasna (Author), Wei Zhang (Author), Nanthasane Vannavong (Author), Souraxay Phrommala (Author), Shigehisa Habe (Author), Hubert Barennes (Author), Michel Strobel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Paragonimiasis is a food-borne trematodiasis leading to lung disease. Worldwide, an estimated 21 million people are infected. Foci of ongoing transmission remain often unnoticed. We evaluated a simple questionnaire approach using lay-informants at the village level to...