Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

The Korea Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (대한기생충학·열대의학회)
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A survey of helminthic infections in the residents of rural areas near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

  • Lee, Do-Sung (Department of Parasitology and Catholic Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine) ;
  • Chung, Byung-Ha (Department of Parasitology and Catholic Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Nam-Seok (Department of Parasitology and Catholic Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine) ;
  • Nam, Ho-Woo (Department of Parasitology and Catholic Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Joong-Ho (Department of Parasitology and Catholic Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine)
  • Published : 1999.09.01
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Abstract

A total of 738 samples was collected to survey the helminthic infections of residents in two rural areas near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia for 2 weeks from July 23 to August 2, 1998. Among 391 scotch-taped slides of anal swabs of children and of young teenagers, Enterobius vermicularis eggs were detected in 138 cases (35.3%). With the fecal samples of 206 Kato-Katz thick smear slides from adults, the eggs of E.vermicularis were observed in 9 cases and Taenia sp.in one case, respectively. And by ELISA on 141 blood samples absorbed to blood sampling paper,12 cases (8.5%)were found to be positive against the hydatid cyst antigen. Enterobiasis and hydatidosis are two major endemic diseases which are related closely to the life style of Mongolian.

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