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Volume 25, Number 8—August 2019

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Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex Trematode Infections in Children, Bihar, India

Yugal K. Prasad1, Suman Dahal1, Barsha Saikia, Bobita Bordoloi, Veena Tandon, and Sudeep GhataniComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Shri Shubh Lal Hospital and Research Centre, Sitamarhi, India (Y.K. Prasad); Sikkim University, Gangtok, India (S. Dahal, B. Saikia, B. Bordoloi, S. Ghatani); Biotech Park, Lucknow, India (V. Tandon)

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Table 2

General and systemic examination results for 170 patients with Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex trematode infections, Bihar, India

Characteristic No. positive
Anemia 170
Fever 8
Some dehydration 129
Severe dehydration 41
Malnutrition grading*
I 11
I (K) 10
II 38
II (K) 20
III 31
III (K) 28
IV 15
IV (K) 22
Not grouped 1
No malnutrition 6
Pedal and generalized edema 82
Glossitis 6
Angular stomatitis 4
Xerosis conjunctiva 8
Urticaria (rashes) 2

*Grading system of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (Mumbai, India) for protein energy malnutrition based on a weight for age standard. K, Kwashiokor (patient has edema); I, mild; II, moderate; III, severe; IV, very severe.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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