The egg detection rates of Enterobius vermicularis among school children in the various regions.
10.3347/kjp.1986.24.2.205
- Author:
Kyung Il IM
1
;
Jae Sook RYU
;
Tae Soon YONG
;
Jae Heung LEE
;
Tae Ue KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul 120, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
parasitology-helminth-nematoda;
Enterobius vermicularis;
epidemiology
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
1986;24(2):205-208
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A total of 860 cellotape anal swab specimens from 326 school children of urban area, 243 of rura1 farm village and 291 of rural fishing village was submitted for Enterobius vermicularis egg detection from September through November 1985. Each specimen was collected in the morning. Among the total 860 children's submitting specimens, 316 (36.7 per cent) were positive for E. vermicularis eggs. Of the 326 children in the urban area, E. vermicularis eggs were detected in the 45 (13.8 per cent). This detection rate was lower significantly as compared with 143 (55.6 per cent) of 243 children in the farm village or 136 (46.7 per cent) of 291 children in the fishing village. The egg detection rate in the male children was lower remarkably than that in the female children.
