The current status of parasitic diseases in Japan.

摘要: In Japan parasitic diseases have been considered to be successfully controlled in the last 30 years. However, some diseases, such as food-borne zoonoses and/or larva migrans, are emerging re-emerging Japan. Furthermore, imported like malaria also gradually increasing. Unfortunately accurate numbers of other than echinococcosis, malaria, amebiasis, giardiasis, or cryptosporidiosis obscure because lack a legal registration system. Since symptoms and diagnostic imaging patterns non-specific similarities with infectious cancer, sometimes overlooked left misdiagnosed. this review, current status is briefly summarized based on analysis accumulated cases seen our department. We outline clinical features, differential diagnosis treatment representative for better understanding management