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Transient Transduction of the Strobilated Forms of Echinococcus granulosus
Published on: September 16, 2022
まとめ
ロサンゼルスのシスティサーコシス病例は1977年以降急増し,CTスキャンが利用可能になった時期と一致しました. この研究では,主にヒスパニック系である497人の患者を分析し,神経囊膜症の発生率の上昇を強調しました.
科学分野:
- 神経学 神経学とは
- 感染症 感染症は感染症です.
- 放射線学 放射線学
背景:
- テーニア・ソリウム (Taenia solium) 線虫の幼虫キスタによって引き起こされる寄生虫感染症であるシスティサーコシスは,公衆衛生上の重大な懸念事項である.
- 最も一般的な形態である神経囊性症は,中枢神経系に影響を及ぼし,発作や神経学的欠陥を引き起こす可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- 1973年から1983年の間にロサンゼルスの病院で治療されたシスティサーコシス症例の発生率と特徴を分析する.
- システィサーコシス診断における観測された傾向に寄与する潜在的な要因を調査する.
主な方法:
- システィサーコシスと診断された497人の患者の医療記録の遡及的レビュー.
- 患者の人口統計,国籍,年齢層,入院期間,再入院率の分析.
- 症例数とコンピュータ断層撮影 (CT) の導入の相関.
主要な成果:
- 11年間に合計497件のシスティサーコシス症例が確認されました.
- ほとんどの患者 (90%) はヒスパニック系で,主にメキシコ国籍で,生産的な年齢層に属していました.
- 症例の有意な増加は1977年以降に観察され,1981年までに年間約80例の水準に達し,CTスキャン導入と一致しました.
結論:
- この研究は,ロサンゼルスで,特にヒスパニック系住民の間で,システィサーコシス症例の顕著な増加を強調しています.
- CTスキャンの導入は,診断された症例の増加と一致し,潜在的に影響を与えたようです.
- 旅行歴のない米国生まれの個人にシスティサーコシスの診断は,地元の伝播パターンのさらなる調査を保証します.
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