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parasitic infection
Etiology:
- top 5 neglected parasitic infections in the U.S. [1]
- Chagas disease
- > 300,000 Americans are infected with T cruzi
- cysticercosis
- > 1000 hospitalizations annually
- toxocariasis
- ~ 14% of people in the U.S. have been exposed
- toxoplasmosis
- chronically infection in 60 million Americans
- trichomoniasis
- 3.7 million Americans infected
Specific
acariasis
Fascioliasis
helminth infection
infestation; ectoparasitic infection
larva migrans
myiasis
parasitic gastroenteritis
pentastomiasis
protozoan infection
scabies
tungiasis; jiggers
General
infection (infectious disease)
References
- Jones SL et al
Special Section on Neglected Parasitic Infections.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene special
section on neglected parasitic infections.
http://www.ajtmh.org/content/90/5.toc#SpecialSectiononNeglectedParasiticInfections
- Parise ME et al
Neglected Parasitic Infections in the United States: Needs and
Opportunities.
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2014 90(5):783-785
http://www.ajtmh.org/content/90/5/783.full
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Press Release. May 8, 2012
Parasitic Infections also occur in the United States.
http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/p0508-npi.html