Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
- Volume 24 Issue 2
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- Pages.209-212
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- 1986
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- 2982-5164(pISSN)
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- 1738-0006(eISSN)
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
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
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