• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.129-134
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• 2005

To determine the status of Enterobius vermicularis infection among children living on western and southern coastal islands of the Republic of Korea, children (3-10 years) in 39 kindergartens and primary schools were examined using the cello-tape anal swab method, during July and August 2000. Of 1,661 children examined, $307(18.5\%) $were found to be positive for E. vermicularis eggs. The highest infection rate $(59.3\%)$ was found in a kindergarten and a branch school of Shinyang primary school on Chujado, Jeju-do (Province), Remarkable differences in egg positive rates were observed in different localities. The egg positive rate for boys $(21.3\%)$ was significantly higher than that of girls $(15.4\%)$ (P=0.02). However, positive rates were not significantly dependent on age. The results of the present study show that E. vermicularis infection is highly prevalent among pre-school and primary school children living on the western and southern coastal islands of the Republic of Korea, and indicate the need for efforts to control this infection.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.215-218
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• 1997

심한 항문 주위 가려움증이 있는 15개월 된 소아(인천 거주)로부터 과수태 요충 1마리를 항문 주위 도말법으로 회수하였다. 충체는 길이가 7.8 mm이고 폭이 0.5 mm였으며. 두익(73보) 자궁내 충란. 뽀족한 로리 등 요충 자충의 특이한 형태학적인 특징을 가지고 있었다. 그러나 이 충체는 과수태한 충체로서 자궁이 충체 전단에서부터 후단까지 길게 확장되어 있었으며. 충체 길이 의 약 99%까지 수많은 충란으로 가득 차 있고 다른 기관은 관찰하기 어려운 특이한 충체이었다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.771-775
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• 2015

In order to determine the status of Enterobius vermicularis infection among schoolchildren in suburban areas of Myanmar, 761 primary schoolchildren in 3 different townships around Yangon City were subjected to a survey using cello-tape anal swabs. The subjected schoolchildren were 383 boys and 378 girls who were 5-7 years of age. Only 1 anal swab was obtained from each child. The overall egg positive rate of E. vermicularis was 47.2% (359 positives), and sex difference was not remarkable (48.6% in boys and 45.8% in girls). However, the positive rate was the highest in South Dagon (54.6%) followed by Hlaing Thayar (43.8%) and North Dagon (34.8%). This difference was highly correlated with the living standards of the people in each township. Nucleotide sequence of the 5S rDNA from the eggs on the cello-tape (2 children) revealed 99.7% identity with that of E. vermicularis reported in GenBank. The results indicated that E. vermicularis infection is highly prevalent among primary schoolchildren around Yangon, Myanmar.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.247-249
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• 2006

In an attempt to determine the prevalence of pinworm infection, the egg positive rate of Enterobius vermicularis was examined using the adhesive cello-tape anal swab method in 1,512 preschool children sampled from a total of 20 kindergartens in Cheongju city, in November to December of 2004 (951 children from 13 kindergartens) and September to October of 2005 (561 from 7 kindergartens). The overall egg positive rate was found to be 7.9% (119/1,512); 9.3% (73/784) for boys and 6.3% (46/728) for girls, respectively. The 5-year age group evidenced the highest egg positive rate (10.9%, 47/430) among the examined age groups. As compared to those reported from previous works (ranged from 9.2 to 26.1 %), the prevalence of E. vermicularis in the Cheongju city area is relatively low.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.181-184
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• 1987

우리나라의 아동에서 요충감염의 양성을 알아보기 위하여 서울지역의 국민학교 학동 936명과 전북 옥구군에 위치한 농촌지역의 국민학교 학동 308명 그리고 서울 난지도에 거주하고 있는 92명의 아동에 대하여 Graham 씨법으로 검사하였다. 서울지역의 국민학교 학동에서는 936명중 114명에 요충란이 검출되어 12.2%의 양성율을 나타내었고, 농촌지역의 국민학교 학동에서는 308명 중 77명이 충란 양성자로 25.0%의 양성율을 나타내었다. 난지도에 거주하고 있는 92명의 아동에서는 요충란 양성자가 26명으로 28.3%의 양성율을 나타내었다. 서울지역 국민학교 학동의 충란양성율은 농촌지역 국민학교 학동의 양성율보다 낮았으며 같은 서울지역에서는 난지도 아동에서 충란양성율이 높았다. 남자 아동의 충란양성율은 여자 아동에서의 충란양성율보다 낮았으며, 국민학교 학동의 경우 고학년이 될수록 양성율이 저하되는 경향을 보였다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.37-47
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• 2009

National surveys on the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections have been carried out every 5-7 years since 1971 in the Republic of Korea in order to establish control measures. The present nationwide survey was conducted from June to December 2004. The 10% population sampling data of Population and Housing Census by the Korean government in 2000 was used as the survey population. One sample was selected randomly from each of the 22,858 registered subjects, and a total of 20,541 people were ultimately included in this survey. Fecal examinations were performed by the cellophane thick smear and saturated brine flotation techniques. Pinworm infection was examined by cello-tape anal swab method. This survey also included a questionnaire study for a socioeconomic analysis. The total helminth egg positive rate was 3.7%, and the estimated total positive number among nationwide people was 1,780,000. The rates in urban and rural areas were 3.1% and 6.8%, respectively. As the total egg positive rate in the 6th survey in 1997 was 2.4%, the present survey showed that there was a considerable degree of increase in the prevalence rate of intestinal parasitic infections over the 7-year period following the 6th survey. The largest increases occurred in the egg positive rates of Clonorchis sinensis and heterophyids including Metagonimus yokogawai.