Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

The Korea Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (대한기생충학·열대의학회)
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Intestinal Parasite Survey in Seoul by Stool Examination at Hanyang University Hospital

서울지역(地城)의 양내기생충(賜內寄生蟲) 감염상태(感染狀態) 조사(調査) -한양대학병원(漢陽大學病院) 내원환자(來院患者)를 중심으로-

  • Min, Duk-Young (Department of Parasitology, Hanyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Ahn, Myoung-Hee (Department of Parasitology, Hanyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Kyung-Min (Department of Parasitology, Hanyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Choon-Won (Department of Clinical Pathology, Hanyang University College of Medicine)
  • 민득영 (한양대학교 의과대학 기생충학교실) ;
  • 안명희 (한양대학교 의과대학 기생충학교실) ;
  • 김경민 (한양대학교 의과대학 기생충학교실) ;
  • 김춘원 (한양대학교 의과대학 임상병리학교실)
  • Published : 1986.12.31
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Abstract

The present study was undertaken to evaluate the present status of intestinal parasitic infection in Seoul area, Korea. During the period from June 1985 to July 1986, a total of 5,251 stool samples were collected in Department of Clinical Pathology, Hanyang University Hospital and examined by formalin-ether sedimentation technique once for helminth ova and protozoan cysts. The results were summarized as follows: 1. The overall egg positive rate of intestinal helminthes was 2.53%; and 1.43% for Clonorchis sinensis, 0.7% for Trichuris trichiura, 0.13% for Metagonimus yokogawai, 0.06% for hookworm, and 0.02% for Ascaris lumbricoides, Diphyllobothrium latum and Hymenolepis nana, respectively. 2. The overall cyst positive rate of intestinal protozoa was 1.07%. Cyst positive rate was 0.06% for Entamoeba histolytica and 0.13% for Giardia lamblia, respectively. 3. Higher prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection was observed in male and in $21{\sim}50$ year-old groups. 4. The highest prevalence of Clonorchis sinensis infection was observed in 40th age group (3.4%), and male (2.3%) was more infected than female (0.7%) in general.

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