title: [An epidemic investigation of eperythrozoonsis in Shandong province].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To learn the status of infection of eperythrozoonsis in Shandong province.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven hundred and seventy-six human blood samples, 198 domestic animal blood samples and 114 wild rat blood samples were collected. Eperythrozoon was detected in the human and animal blood stain slides under microscope.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall infection rate of Eperythrozoon in human population was 7.3%. Rates were significantly different (P < 0.01) in different districts but no significant difference was found between men and women (P > 0.05). The rate among adults was higher than that of teenagers and elderly. It was also noticed that the rates of people affected with chronic diseases as hepatitis, diabetes and arthritis were higher than those without. The infection rates of goat, cows and rats were 15.6%, 3.2% and 0, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Data showed that Eperythrozoon infection was intensively identified in the people and animals in Shandong province.
authors.affiliation: Shandong Provincial Health and Anti-epidemic Station, Jinan 250014, China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005260:Female; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D051381:Rats; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology