Ravindran R, Lakshmanan B, Ravishankar C, Subramanian H
Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookot, Wayanad, Kerala, India.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2007 Nov;38(6):1008-10.
This short communication reports the prevalence of visceral schistosomiasis by worm counts from the mesentery of domestic ruminants of the hilly district of Wayanad, located in Kerala, one of the states in South India. We found 57.3, 50, and 4.7% of cattle, buffaloes and goats, respectively, had visceral schistosomiasis upon slaughter at a municipal slaughter house in Kalpetta. Our findings show that the prevalence of Schistosoma spindale infection is very high in Wayanad in comparison to previous reports from this and neighboring countries.
这篇简短的通讯报道了位于印度南部喀拉拉邦韦亚纳德丘陵地区的家养反刍动物肠系膜蠕虫计数显示的内脏血吸虫病患病率。我们发现，在卡尔佩塔的一家市立屠宰场宰杀的牛、水牛和山羊中，分别有57.3%、50%和4.7%患有内脏血吸虫病。我们的研究结果表明，与来自该地区及周边国家的既往报告相比，韦亚纳德地区的纺锤血吸虫感染患病率非常高。
