title: Prevalence of Paragonimus uterobilateralis infection in children in a Liberian village.
abstract: Stool and sputum samples from 127 children in an endemic paragonimiasis area in Liberia, West Africa, were examined for the presence of lung fluke eggs. Samples from nine children (7%) were positive. The eggs were identified as those of Paragonimus uterobilateralis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007988:Liberia; D008297:Male; D010237:Paragonimiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D013183:Sputum / Q000469:parasitology