Echinostoma ilocanum Infection in Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia.
10.3347/kjp.2011.49.2.187
- Author:
Woon Mok SOHN
1
;
Hyeong Jin KIM
;
Tai Soon YONG
;
Keeseon S EOM
;
Hoo Gn JEONG
;
Jae Kwang KIM
;
A Reum KANG
;
Mok Ryun KIM
;
Jung Mi PARK
;
Soo Hyeon JI
;
Muth SINUON
;
Duong SOCHEAT
;
Jong Yil CHAI
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology, and Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju 660-702, Korea.
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords:
Echinostoma ilocanum;
worm recovery;
trematode;
echinostome;
Cambodia
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Animals;
Anthelmintics/administration & dosage;
Cambodia/epidemiology;
Child;
Feces/parasitology;
Female;
Helminthiasis/*epidemiology/parasitology;
Helminths/*classification/*isolation & purification;
Humans;
Male;
Praziquantel/administration & dosage;
Prevalence;
Rural Population;
Young Adult
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2011;49(2):187-190
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Fecal examinations using the Kato Katz technique were performed on a total of 1,287 villagers (945 students and 342 general inhabitants) of Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia in May 2007 and November 2009. The overall intestinal helminth egg positive rate was 23.9%, and the most prevalent helminth species was hookworms (21.6%). Other helminth eggs detected included echinostomes (1.0%), Enterobius vermicularis (0.8%), small trematode eggs (0.7%), which may include Opisthorchis viverrini and Haplorchis spp., and Hymenolepis nana (0.4%). In order to recover adult echinostomes, we treated 2 patients with 10-15 mg/kg praziquantel and purged. Total 14 adult echinostomes, 1 and 13 worms from each patient, were collected. The echinostomes characteristically had 49-51 collar spines and 2 round or slightly lobated testes. They were identified as Echinostoma ilocanum (Garrison, 1908) Odhner, 1911. So far as literature are concerned, this is the first record on the discovery of human E. ilocanum infection in Cambodia.
