title: [An epidemiological survey on paragonimiasis in Jin Miaopu township in Shanxi province].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the epidemiological factors and tendency of paragonimiasis in Jin Miaopu township in Zezhou county of Shanxi Province, and to understand the current status of public awareness for providing references to paragonimiasis education and prevention.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire survey was conducted among 2172 villagers probing awareness of paragonimiasis and their experiences of eating crabs; Infection screening and antibody test were also performed by means of ELISA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The paragonimiasis knowledge coverage rate was zero, and 67.7% (1471/2172) of the respondents claimed their histories of crab eating and 96.7% (29/30) of crabs were infected with metacercaria of paragonimus. Of all the study subjects, 11% (241/2172) of them were infected with the positive rate of 4.1% (89/270).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidence of paragonimiasis is closely related to dietetic habit in local residents. It is extremely necessary to increase the public awareness of paragonimiasis prevention and control and to improve the living conditions and dietetic habits.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital Captial Medical University, Beijing 100050, China. manling166@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Man-Ling
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Shao-Gang
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhao-Yong
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Cheng-Hong
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Xiao-Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jian-Guo
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Su-Fang
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Xia-Xia
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ya-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.forename: Xiao-Chou
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004285:Dogs; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010237:Paragonimiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires