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Volume 11, Number 12—December 2005
Research

Echinococcosis in Tibetan Populations, Western Sichuan Province, China

Li Tiaoying*, Qiu Jiamin*Comments to Author , Yang Wen*, Philip S. Craig†, Chen Xingwang*, Xiao Ning*‡, Akira Ito‡, Patrick Giraudoux§, Mamuti Wulamu‡, Yu Wen*, and Peter M. Schantz¶
Author affiliations: *Sichuan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China; †University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom; ‡Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan; §World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Alveolar Echinococcosis, Université de Franche-Comté, Besancon, France; ¶Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table 1

Serologic results for screened study participants with a suspected lesion of alveolar (AE) or cystic (CE) echinococcosis at ultrasound examination*

Ultrasound image No. cases Serology with rEm18
 Serology with EgCF†
No. tested sera No. positive sera No. tested sera No. positive sera
Typical image of AE‡ 163 102 101 94 93
Image of suspected AE
Nodular lesion 26 25 16 25 24
Calcified lesion 20 14 8 20 11
Image of CE
CL 10 9 0 8 5
CE1 75 42 4 60 55
CE2 54 25 3 38 38
CE3 23 18 3 16 16
CE4 48 26 2 34 26
CE5 6 3 0 5 5
Total 425 264 137 300 273

*27.5% of study population refused to provide blood samples for serology. The data only include those study participants with a suspected lesion of AE or CE; other abnormal findings observed at hepatic ultrasound examination, such as hemangioma, biliary cyst, and gallstone, are not presented.

†EgCF, Echinococcus granulosus hydatid cyst fluid.

‡Typical image of AE is a nonhomogeneous, hyperechoic structure with or without a central necrotic cavity.

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