Wai Khin Thet, Han Kay Thwe, Oo Tin
Department of Medical Research, No. 5 Ziwaka road, Yangon, 11191 Myanmar.
Trop Med Health. 2017 May 8;45:12. doi: 10.1186/s41182-017-0053-x. eCollection 2017.
Neglected intestinal helminth infections afflict the marginalized communities in Asia. Since 2004, growing body of evidence in Myanmar indicated high prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) infections (30-40%) among school children. Co-existence of STH (23%) with food-borne trematodes was noted among 383 pregnant women in a selected township in 2012-2014 followed by molecular verification of very low prevalence of schistosome infection (<5%) in the same study site in 2016. The success of transmission elimination plans may depend upon sensitive diagnostic tools to detect persistent infections and polyparasitism. Addressing the research gaps in vulnerable sites requires an increased investment in resource-constrained settings.
被忽视的肠道蠕虫感染折磨着亚洲的边缘化社区。自2004年以来,缅甸越来越多的证据表明,在校儿童中土壤传播性蠕虫(STH)感染的患病率很高(30%-40%)。2012-2014年,在一个选定乡镇的383名孕妇中发现STH(23%)与食源性吸虫共存,随后在2016年同一研究地点通过分子验证发现血吸虫感染的患病率极低(<5%)。消除传播计划的成功可能取决于检测持续感染和多重寄生虫感染的灵敏诊断工具。解决脆弱地区的研究差距需要在资源有限的环境中增加投资。