A New Focus of Pleuro-Pulmonary Paragonimiasis in Manjo Health District, Littoral Region of Cameroon
Roger Moyou-Somo, Hervé Blaise Mfouapong-Ewane, Thérèse Nkoa, Blanche Etaluka-Mungo, Walter Kum-Kan, Charles Kefie-Arrey
International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · pp. 963–972 · Published 10 Jul 2014
10.9734/IJTDH/2014/11252Abstract
Abstracts Background: Paragonimiasis is a food-borne parasitic disease caused by lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus. Cameroon has five known foci of paragonimiasis. Recently, 2 children from the Manjo health district were diagnosed of paragonimiasis at the near-by Ndoungué hospital. The aim of the present study was to determine whether Manjo district is endemic for paragonimiasis. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in Manjo health district, Littoral Region of Cameroon. A stool and a sputum samples obtained from each participant were examined in search of paragonimus eggs. Crabs from local streams were dissected in search of paragonimus metacercariae. Results: Two hundred and fourteen participants were recruited (49.1% males and 50.1% females with an age range from 3-75 years and a mean of 15.73±10.72 years. 1.9% of subjects had eggs of paragonimus in their stools and/or sputum. Eight out of twenty crabs dissected (40%) were positive for metacercariae. Conclusion: Manjo health district is endemic for paragonimiasis and should be considered as the 6th focus of the disease in Cameroon.
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