Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

  • 제42권4호
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  • Pages.201-203
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  • 2004
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  • 2982-5164(pISSN)
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  • 1738-0006(eISSN)
대한기생충학·열대의학회 (The Korea Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine)
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Status of intestinal parasite infections among children in Bat Dambang, Cambodia

  • Park, Seung-Kyu (Department of Parasitology and Institute of Basic Medical Science, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Heui (Department of Biology, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
  • Deung, Young-Kun (Department of Biology, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Hun-Joo (Department of Neurosurgery, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
  • Yang, Eun-Ju (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science and Institute of Health Science, College of Health Science, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lim, Soo-Jung (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science and Institute of Health Science, College of Health Science, Yonsei University) ;
  • Ryang, Yong-Suk (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science and Institute of Health Science, College of Health Science, Yonsei University) ;
  • Jin, Dan (Department of Microbiology, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Kyu-Jae (Department of Parasitology and Institute of Basic Medical Science, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University)
  • 발행 : 2004.12.01
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초록

A survey was conducted to determine the extent of intestinal parasite infection in Bat Dambang, Cambodia in March 2004. A total of 623 fecal specimens was collected from kindergarten and schoolchildren and examined using the formalin-ether sedimentation technique. The overall infection rate of intestinal parasites was 25.7% (boys, 26.2%; girls, 25.1%), and the infection rates of intestinal helminthes by species were as follows: Echinostoma sp. 4.8%, hookworm 3.4%, Hymenolepis nana 1.3%, and Rhabditis sp. 1.3%. The infection rates of intestinal protozoa were; Entamoeba coli 4.8%, Giardia lamblia 2.9%, Iodamoeba butschlii 1.4%, Entamoeba polecki 1.1 %, and Entamoeba histolytica 0.8%. There were no egg positive cases of Ascaris lumbricoides or Trichuris trichiura. All children infected were treated with albendazole, praziquantel, or metronidazole according to parasite species. The results showed that intestinal parasites are highly endemic in Bat Dambang, Cambodia.

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