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http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.12.6175

Prevalence and Co-infection of Intestinal Parasites among Thai Rural Residents at High-risk of Developing Cholangiocarcinoma: A Cross-sectional Study in a Prospective Cohort Study  

Songserm, Nopparat (Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University)
Promthet, Supannee (Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University)
Wiangnon, Surapon (Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University)
Sithithaworn, Paiboon (Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University)
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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention / v.13, no.12, 2012 , pp. 6175-6179 More about this Journal
Abstract
Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) are still important to the health of Thai rural residents. IPIs are the cause of many chronic diseases with, for example, opisthorchiasis resulting in progression to cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). This cross-sectional study in a prospective cohort study aimed to examine the prevalence and co-infection of intestinal parasites among Northeastern Thai rural residents, recruited into the Khon Kaen Cohort Study (KKCS), and who were residing in areas of high-risk for developing CCA. On recruitment, subjects had completed questionnaires and provided fecal samples for IPI testing using the formalin ethyl acetate concentration technique. Data on selected general characteristics and the results of the fecal tests were analysed. IPI test results were available for 18,900 of cohort subjects, and 38.50% were found to be positive for one or more types of intestinal parasite. The prevalence of Opisthorchis viverrini (O. viverrini) infection was the highest (45.7%), followed by intestinal flukes (31.9%), intestinal nematodes (17.7%), intestinal protozoa (3.02%), and intestinal cestodes (1.69%). The pattern of different infections was similar in all age groups. According to a mapping analysis, a higher CCA burden was correlated with a higher prevalence of O. viverrini and intestinal flukes and a greater intensity of O. viverrini. Both prevention and control programs against liver fluke and other intestinal parasites are needed and should be delivered simultaneously. We can anticipate that the design of future control and prevention programmes will accommodate a more community-orientated and participatory approach.
Keywords
Prevalence; co-infection; intestinal parasites; cholangiocarcinoma; Thailand;
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