Helminthiasis infection in three mountainous communes of Lao Cai province
- Author:
Phi Duc Toan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
helminthiaisis
- MeSH:
epidemiology;
Helminthiasis;
Parasitic Diseases
- From:Journal of Malaria and parasite diseases Control
2003;0(1):87-91
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
-
Abstract:
At 3 mountainous communes of Bao Yen, Van Ban and Than Uyen districts of Lao Cai province, where there are stoned streams and stoned crab. The eating raw-crab rate in population was 39.5%. The rate of Paragonimus metacercaria was 69.6%. 2.149 human stool samples were collected and examined by Kato technique. The result showed that helminthic infection rate was 96.1%, of which the rate of Ascaris, Trichiuris, Hookworm, Paragonimus and Taenia infection was 88.7%, 33.5%, 67.1%, 0.3% and 4.1% respectively. The rate of multi-infection was 70.5%. In the 3 above communes, 722 human sputum samples were examined by direct method, the rate of paragonimiasis was 3.2%
