Rapid Identification of Paragonimiasis Foci by Lay Informants in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic

摘要

BackgroundParagonimiasis is a food-borne trematodiasis leading to lung disease. Worldwide, an estimated 21 million people are infected. Foci of ongoing transmission remain often unnoticed. We evaluated a simple questionnaire approach using lay-informants at the village level to identify paragonimiasis foci and suspected paragonimiasis cases.