PARAGONIMIASIS IN MANIPUR

Unilateral Massive Pleural Effusion Mimicking Pulmonary Tuberculosis Due To Pleuropulmonary Paragonimiasis- A Case from Manipur, India

Paragonimiasis is a food-borne zoonotic disease caused by the genus Paragonimus which usually results from the intake of uncooked or undercooked freshwater crab or crayfish. Manipur is a northeastern state of India which is endemic for paragonimiasis where the first Indo-Japan joint research on Paragonimus and paragonimiasis was conducted to study the life cycle, pathobiology, and morphological...

Yaws in Manipur

Intraocular paragonimiasis.

A case of intraocular paragonimiasis is reported in a 13-year-old Chinese boy. The disease manifested as repeated attacks of acute intraocular pain associated with panuveitis. A combination of inflammatory reaction and ocular findings mimicking both perforating and contusion injuries caused by the migration of the fluke within the eye characterises the infection. The living fluke was successful...

Paragonimiasis in Brazil.

The paragonimiasis has a wide distribution in the world, but occurs in areas where there is the consumption of hosts contaminated by metacercaria of Paragonimus, as raw or slightly cooked lobsters and crabs. Human cases occur mainly in Southeast Asia and Japan; Taiwan, Thailand, India, China and Korea are the countries with endemic levels although many cases were described in the north Africa. ...

Paragonimus & paragonimiasis in India

Ever since the discovery of the first indigenous case in 1981, paragonimiasis has gained recognition as a significant food borne parasitic zoonosis in India. The data available on the occurrence of paragonimiasis, until today, may be just the tip of an iceberg as the study areas covered were restricted to Northeast Indian States. Nevertheless, the results of research on paragonimiasis in India ...