Takeuchi T
Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Keio University.
Nihon Rinsho. 1992 Nov;50(11):2824-33.
Imported parasitic diseases have been increasingly important in basic and clinical medicine in developed countries, as the number of travellers in developing countries, where numerous kinds of parasitic diseases are highly endemic, have been increasing. Recent epidemiologic investigation demonstrated that malaria, amebiasis, trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis and cysticercosis seemed important as judged from the number of infected individuals, primarily Japanese travellers. Although these parasitic diseases pose some serious medical problems, establishment of the effective chemotherapeutic strategy is of urgent significance. In this respect, activities of the Research Group of Development of Chemotherapeutic Agents against Tropical Parasitic Diseases supported by the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare appear to be important to keep appropriate drugs in Japan.
在发达国家，输入性寄生虫病在基础医学和临床医学中变得越来越重要，因为来自发展中国家的旅行者数量不断增加，而在这些发展中国家，多种寄生虫病呈高度地方性流行。最近的流行病学调查表明，从感染人数来看，疟疾、阿米巴病、锥虫病、利什曼病和囊尾蚴病似乎很重要，主要是日本旅行者。尽管这些寄生虫病带来了一些严重的医学问题，但建立有效的化疗策略具有迫切的意义。在这方面，由日本厚生省支持的热带寄生虫病化疗药物研发研究小组的活动，对于在日本储备合适的药物似乎很重要。
