A survey on intestinal parasites of soldiers in Korea.
10.3347/kjp.1986.24.2.213
- Author:
Sung Tae HONG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, 110, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
parasitology-helminth-nematoda;
trematoda;
cestoda;
protozoa;
epidemiology;
Clonorchis sinensis;
Trichuris trichiura;
Metagonimus yokogawai;
hookworm;
Ascaris lumbricoides;
Diphyllobothrium latum;
Hymenolepis nana;
Entamoeba histolytica;
Giardia lamblia;
Entamoeba coli;
Endolimax nana;
Trichostrongylus orientalis;
Paragonimus westermani;
Echinostoma hortense;
Fibricola seoulensis;
Taenia sp.;
Hymenolepis diminuta
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
1986;24(2):213-215
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Total of 2,643 Korean soldiers were examined of their stool for parasitic infections by both cellophane thick smear and formalin-ether concentration techniques from August 1983 to December 1985. Out of them, 73.6% were free from any parasite, 22.6% were ova positive and 4.0% cyst positive. The ova positive rates by species were Ascaris lumbricoides 2.0%, Trichuris trichiura 13.0%, hookworm and Trichostrongylus orientalis 0.08% respectively, Clonorchis sinensis 7.6%, Metagonimus yokogawai 1.1%, Paragonimus westermani 0.08%, Echinostoma hortense 0.04%, Fibricola seoulensis 0.9%, Taenia sp. 0.3%, Hymenolepis nana 0.2% and H. diminuta 0.04%. Most of them (87.3%) were positive by a species, 11.9% by two and 0.8% by 3 species. The cyst positive rates were Entamoeba histolytica 0.6%, E. coli 1.4%, Endolimax nana 1.7%, Iodoameba butschlii 0.04% and Giardia lambla 0.9%. Among the cyst positives, 89.5% were positive by a species, 7.6% by two and 0.5% by 3 species. The intestinal parasite infections among the Korean soldiers decreased distinctly compared with previous data.
