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Intestinal parasite infections among inhabitants in two islands of Tongyeong-gun, Kyeongsangnam-do
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Original Article
Korean J Parasitol. 1990 Mar;28(1):63-67. English.
Published online Mar 20, 1994.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1990.28.1.63
Copyright © 1990 by The Korean Society for Parasitology
Intestinal parasite infections among inhabitants in two islands of Tongyeong-gun, Kyeongsangnam-do
S J Hong,H C Woo,J H Han and Y K Seong
Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Gyeong-Sang National University, Chinju 660-280, Korea.
Abstract

This study was performed to evaluate the status of intestinal parasitic infections among the inhabitants in two islands (Chu-do and Doomi-do) of Tongyeong-gun, Kyeongsangnam-do (Province), from August to September, 1989. A total of 189 stool specimens was collected from the inhabitants of 3 villages and examined by Kato's cellophane thick smear and formalin-ether sedimentation techniques. Stoll's dilution egg counting technique was done for the quantitative examination of helminth eggs. The overall positive rate of intestinal parasites was 30.2%. The egg positive rate of Ascaris lumbricoides was 2.1%, that of Trichuris trichiura 24.3%, hookworm 2.1%, Trichostrongylus orientalis 0.5%, Clonorchis sinensis 1.1%, heterophyid 1.6%, and Taenia species 2.6%. The cyst positive rate of Giardia lamblia was 1.6% and that of Entamoeba coli 0.5%. In T. trichiura infection, the egg positive rate of females (29.9%) was much higher than that of males (17.2%). Among the age groups, 10-19 year group showed the highest infection rate, 32.4%. It was revealed that the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among the inhibitants of remote islands should be still high in comparison with ever-reported ones in urban or rural areas.

Figures


Fig. 1
Map of surveyed area (•)

Tables


Table 1
The prevalence of intestinal parasite infections among inhabitants in islands of Tongyeong-gun, Kyeongsangnam-do


Table 2
Distribution of T. trichiura positive cases by age and sex

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