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A province-based study using sampling method to investigate the prevalence of cystic echinococcosis among primary school children in Manisa, Turkey
Acta Tropica, 08/27/2007
Ok, U.Z., et al. - A province-based field study using a portable ultrasound scanner (US) was performed for the first time using sampling method to investigate the prevalence of cystic echinococcosis (CE) in primary school children in Manisa, Turkey. A total of 6093 children from 37 primary schools was selected as the representative sample of the total number of 166,766 primary school children, and examined by the US. Prevalence was found to be 0.15%, as nine children were diagnosed with CE, seven new and two previously operated
