title: Analysis on Serum Trace Element Levels of Echinococciasis Patients in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, China, 2011.
abstract: In Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Sichuan province, China, 41 echinococciasis patients who had received surgical treatment were recruited in the study, and 82 health persons who had lived in Garze for at least 10 years were selected as controls. The serum levels of Zn, Se and Cu of the cases and controls were detected. The results showed that most echinococciasis cases were distributed in Shiqu county (17.1%, 7/41), and only 1 case was distributed in Yajiang county (2.4%). The male to female ratio of the cases was 1:1.56. The echinococciasis patients were mainly aged 30-39 years (36.59%, 15/41). And, the cases aged 20-49 years accounted for 68.29% (28/41). Compared with health controls, the serum levels of Zn and Se of the cases significantly declined. However, the serum level of Cu of the cases had no significantly change. It was confirmed that the serum levels of Zn and Se were interrelated with the prevalence of echinococciasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai 201620, China.
authors.forename: Jun Jian
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Echinococciasis Prevention and research Base of National Institute of Parasitic Disease of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kangding 626000, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Echinococciasis Prevention and research Base of National Institute of Parasitic Disease of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kangding 626000, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Guang Rong
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Echinococciasis Prevention and research Base of National Institute of Parasitic Disease of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kangding 626000, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Ke Jun
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Echinococciasis Prevention and research Base of National Institute of Parasitic Disease of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kangding 626000, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Echinococciasis Prevention and research Base of National Institute of Parasitic Disease of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kangding 626000, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Quan
authors.affiliation: Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Echinococciasis Prevention and research Base of National Institute of Parasitic Disease of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kangding 626000, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Rong Bing
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Ning
authors.affiliation: Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Echinococciasis Prevention and research Base of National Institute of Parasitic Disease of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kangding 626000, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Hai Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Echinococciasis Prevention and research Base of National Institute of Parasitic Disease of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kangding 626000, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Qian Jun
authors.initials: QJ
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Echinococciasis Prevention and research Base of National Institute of Parasitic Disease of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kangding 626000, Sichuan, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health; WHO Collaboration Centre for Malaria, Schistosomasis and Filaraiasis, Shanghai 200025, China.
authors.forename: Wei Ping
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003300:Copper / Q000097:blood; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012643:Selenium / Q000097:blood; D017678:Sex Distribution; D018609:Tibet; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000097:blood*; D055815:Young Adult; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014131:Trace Elements; D003300:Copper; D012643:Selenium; D015032:Zinc