Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
- Volume 38 Issue 3
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- Pages.177-178
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- 2000
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- 2982-5164(pISSN)
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- 1738-0006(eISSN)
Enterobius vermicularis egg positive rate in a primary school in Chungchongnam-do (Province) in Korea
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Lee, Kyu-Jae
(Department of Parasitology, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
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Lee, In-Yong
(Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
- Im, Kyung-Il (Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University)
- Published : 2000.09.01
Abstract
The egg Positive rate of Enterobius vernicularis was investigated among students of a primary school and a kindergarten located in the rural area of Tangjin-gun, Chungchongnam-do in December, 1998. Of the 189 examinees, 28 (14.8%) were found to be infected with E. vermicularis by the adhesive cellotape anal swab method . The infection rates ranged from 4.2% to 26.1% among school children, and the highest rate was observed in children attending kindergarten. Three months after treatment with albendazole, four (14.3%) out of 28 infected children still remained infected with E. vermicularis. Through this survey, we were able to determine that E. vemicularis infection is still prevalent among children in rural areas of Korea.