title: [A clinico-epidemiological study of opisthorchiasis in the Altai Territory].
abstract: Eighty-eight patients with opisthorchiasis were treated with biltricide in an anthropurgic and natural focus of opisthorchiasis in the Altai Territory. A one-day course of drug therapy, in a total dose of 60 mg/kg, was administered. Forty-two patients developed side effects in the course of therapy. Complete elimination of the helminths was achieved in 83 (94.3 +/- 2.3%; p less than 0.05) patients in 6 months after therapy.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Nikitin
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Kuimova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002347:Carps / Q000469:parasitology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D009889:Opisthorchiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D011223:Praziquantel
vernacular_title: Kliniko-épidemiologicheskoe izuchenie opistorkhoza v Altaĭskom krae.