Moses J S, Shanmugham A, Kingsly N, Vijayan J C, Balachandran C, Albert A
Madias Veterinary College, India.
Mycopathologia. 1988 Mar;101(3):177-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00437036.
One hundred and twelve nasal polyps received along with full history from three different hospitals of Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu during the period 1983-1987 were found positive for rhinosporidiosis on histopathological examination. Among the four taluks (countries) the majority of the cases (41.1 per cent) came from Agastheeswaram, followed by Kalkulam (28.6 per cent), Thovalai (17.0 per cent) and Vilavancode (13.3 per cent). The 11-20 years age group found to be highly susceptible (60 per cent). There was no sex prepondence in contracting the disease as the cases were evenly distributed between both sexes. These findings exhibited the endemic nature of the disease in Kanyakumari district. Unreported cases to an extent of 9 to 40 per cent were encountered during the ENT disease diagnostic camps conducted in nine high incidence villages. Further 8 more cases were detected in addition to cases attended in the hospitals and ENT camps when a complete enumeration of cases was undertaken in Pallam village. Thus the actual number of cases found in the district need a stratified random sampling.
1983年至1987年期间，从泰米尔纳德邦坎亚库马里区的三家不同医院收集了112例鼻息肉，并获取了完整病史，经组织病理学检查发现这些鼻息肉均为鼻孢子虫病阳性。在四个区（县）中，大多数病例（41.1%）来自阿加斯沃勒姆，其次是卡尔库拉姆（28.6%）、托瓦莱（17.0%）和维拉万科德（13.3%）。11至20岁年龄组被发现高度易感（60%）。由于病例在男女之间分布均匀，所以在感染该疾病方面没有性别倾向。这些发现表明该疾病在坎亚库马里区具有地方流行性。在九个高发病村庄开展的耳鼻喉疾病诊断营中，遇到了9%至40%的未报告病例。当在帕拉姆村对病例进行全面清点时，除了医院和耳鼻喉科营地收治的病例外，还发现了另外8例病例。因此，该地区实际发现的病例数需要进行分层随机抽样。
