This study is aimed to evaluate prevalence of hockworm infection in three mountainous and midland communes of BacGiang province. Results showed that general prevalence of hockworm infection in these populations was 28.7%, in farmers: 29.8%, the others: 21%. In hockworm infection people, the rate of anemia was 52.7%, no one suffered severe anemia. Anemia had bad influence to people’s health with symptoms of pale skin and mucosal lining, chronic fatigue, and dyspnea in effort
Hookworm Infections ; Ancylostomatoidea ; Epidemiology

The iron metabolism in the early stage of hookworm infestation was Studied. Ancylostoma caninum larvae were given to dogs in the massive number of 5,000-10,000, and the following results were observed. A decrease of tile hemoglobin level appeared as early as 2 days after the infection and the temporary decrease of the serum iron level were also observed in this early stage of infection. The serum iron level after the oral administration showed a slightly higher elevation in the infected group compared with the control. The amount of iron excretion from the bowel in the infected group was the same as that of the control. No hypoacidity of the gastric juice was observed in the infected group. Sideroblasts in the bone marrow showed a slight increase in the early stage of the infection, but decreased markedly towards the late stage. In the early stage of the infection there was no particular histopathological change in the small intestines, liver, or spleen. However, massive petechiae and an inflammatory process were observed in the lungs and the bone marrow showed increased proliferation. It was concluded that there was no significant inhibition of iron metabolism in the early stage of hookworm infestation.
Animals ; Dogs ; Hookworm Infections/*metabolism ; Iron/*metabolism

Chewable pyrantel pamoate tablets were administered to children randomly assigned to three treatment groups. Individuals in each group were instructed either to swallow whole, to chew and swallow, or to swallow previously pulverized tablets. With respect to Ascaris, results of posttreatment stool examinations indicated no differences in cure rates and egg reduction rates between the different modes of treatment. However, for both hookworm and Trichuris, mean egg counts increased for both swallow and chew groups, but decreased in the pulverized group. In addition to the highest egg reduction rates, the most parasitological cures were also seen in the pulverized group for these two worms. The status of standards for chewable tablets is discussed. Until the standards are changed it is recommended that all chewable tablets be crushed before swallowing.
Adolescent, Ascariasis - drug therapy, Hookworm Infections - drug therapy

With the improvement of sanitation, the infection rate of hookworm is greatly reduced and the severe infected case is rarely reported. Combined morphological and molecular biological examinations, a severe hookworm infection patient was diagnosed in Department of Laboratorial Examination, Quanzhou First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University. The morphological methods such as direct fecal smear microscopy, saturated brine flotation and hookworm larvae culture methods were used to identify the eggs and larvae from stool samples of the patient. There were a large number of hookworm eggs in patient's stool samples, and the average count was 60 840 per gram by modified Kato method, which belonged to severe hookworm infection. Meanwhile, to distinguish the hookworm species, the semi-nested RT-PCR assay was employed to detect hookworm internal transcribed spacer series from eggs in patient's stool samples, and the result showed that the hookworm species was confirmed to be Necator americanus.
Ancylostomatoidea/genetics* ; Animals ; Feces ; Hookworm Infections/diagnosis* ; Humans ; Necator americanus/genetics* ; Polymerase Chain Reaction

The transition of important parasitic diseases in Korea is briefly reviewed in this article. Soiltransmitted helminthiases, such as ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm infections, which had been prevalent all over the country, decreased remarkably, largely owing to the national control activities by means of mass examination-mass treatment schemes for school students. Paragonimiasis has shown significant reduction in its incidence, but clonorchiasis still remains as an important health-threatening trematode infection. Intestinal trematodiases, including metagonimiasis, heterophyidiases, and echinostomiases are prevalent, and new species, such as Gymonphalloides seoi and Neodiplostomum seoulense, have been documented as new human parasitic diseases. Tapeworm infections including larval cestodiases are also decreasing. Among the protozoan infections, amebiasis and malaria showed an apparent decreasing trend, but in recent years, vivax malaria has become a re-emerging disease. Brugian filariasis, which was prevalent in southern parts of the Korean peninsula, has been completely eliminated nowadays. In terms of the prevalence and distribution, clonorchiasis, enterobiasis, and vivax malaria are currently the major parasitoses of public health importance in Korea.
Amebiasis ; Ascariasis ; Cestode Infections ; Clonorchiasis ; Echinostomiasis ; Enterobiasis ; Filariasis ; Helminthiasis ; Hookworm Infections ; Humans ; Incidence ; Korea* ; Malaria ; Malaria, Vivax ; Paragonimiasis ; Parasitic Diseases* ; Prevalence ; Protozoan Infections ; Public Health ; Trematode Infections ; Trichuriasis

A 26-year-old male member of the Australian Defense Force presented with a history of central abdominal pain of 4 weeks duration and peripheral eosinophilia consistent with eosinophilic enteritis. Acute hookworm disease was diagnosed as the cause. Adult worms recovered from feces after therapy with albendazole were morphologically consistent with Ancylostoma ceylanicum. As the patient had been deployed with the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands for 6 months prior to this presentation, it is very likely that the A. ceylanicum was acquired in Solomon Islands. Until now, it has been assumed that any Ancylostoma spp. recovered from humans in Solomon Islands is A. duodenale. However, this case demonstrates that human hookworm infection acquired in the Solomon Islands could be caused by A. ceylanicum.
Abdominal Pain ; Adult ; Albendazole ; Ancylostoma* ; Ancylostomatoidea ; Enteritis ; Eosinophilia ; Eosinophils ; Feces ; Hookworm Infections ; Humans ; Male ; Melanesia* ; Military Personnel*

Papua New Guinean schoolchildren in the highlands were randomly assigned to treatment groups in order to verify the effectiveness of mebendazole (Nordia) and compare it with mebendazole (Janssen) in both extended and single-dose therapy in a double-blind controlled study. Only the Janssen product given twice daily for three days was of value in 'curing' hookworm. Single-dose treatment with the same product was highly effective in treating roundworm but not hookworm or whipworm. Observations suggest that drug particle size may be an important determinant of efficacy against hookworm. Based on this study, the use of the Janssen formulation of mebendazole would be preferable.
Adolescent ; Child ; Double-Blind Method ; Helminthiasis - drug therapy ; Hookworm Infections - drug therapy ; Humans ; Mebendazole - pharmacology ; Papua New Guinea

The growing popularity of dogs and cats as pet animals in Korea, together with high rates of ascarid and hookworm infections among these animals, has resulted in widespread contamination of the soil with infective eggs and larvae in playgrounds and school yards. Several reports indicated that the prevalence of parasites in soil from playgrounds of kindergarten, elementary schools and residential areas in both urban and rural areas of Korea was as high as 33.3%. With several cases of ocular toxocariasis among Koreans being reported, larva migrans of young people caused by pet animal parasites should be recognized. Although rabies is by far the most dangerous zoonotic pathogen from dogs, children are more cornmonly exposed to various zoonotic parasites such as roundworms, hookworms or giardia originated from pet animals. Several parasites of dogs and cats that can be transmitted to pet owners are discussed.
Ancylostomatoidea ; Animals* ; Cats ; Child ; Dogs ; Eggs ; Giardia ; Hookworm Infections ; Humans ; Korea ; Larva ; Larva Migrans ; Ovum ; Parasites ; Prevalence ; Rabies ; Soil ; Toxocara ; Toxocariasis

The present study was performed to reveal the current status and risk factors of Strongyloides stercoralis infections in the villages of Kenethao district, Xayaburi Province, Lao PDR. Fecal specimens were collected and examined for S. stercoralis using Koga-agar plate culture technique. Among 516 individuals, the prevalence of S. stercoralis and hookworm infection was 44.2% and 17.1%, respectively. Co-infection was detected in 13.2% of the cases. The prevalence did not significantly differ between males and females (P=0.193). However, the prevalence of S. stercoralis infection increased significantly with age (P=0.041). Of the risk factors examined, both performing farming activities (P=0.001) and walking barefoot when going outside of the house (P=0.003) showed significant correlations with S. stercoralis infections. Our results suggest that S. stercoralis is highly endemic in this area. The National Helminth Control Program of Lao PDR should take actions to control S. stercoralis infection. In addition, provision of health education about the benefits of wearing shoes would be important for reducing infection in the study area. Moreover, the application of high-sensitivity diagnostic approaches is needed to obtain the true impact of S. stercoralis infections in all rural communities in order to provide surveillance activities in Lao PDR.
Agriculture ; Coinfection ; Culture Techniques ; Female ; Health Education ; Helminths ; Hookworm Infections ; Humans ; Male ; Prevalence ; Risk Factors* ; Rural Population* ; Shoes ; Strongyloides stercoralis* ; Strongyloides* ; Walking

Hookworm infections as well as other intestinal nematodiases are endemic in China. In this case, a 70-year-old male showed symptoms of chest tightness, shortness of breath, and both lower extremities edema. The diagnostic result was chronic renal insufficiency, chronic kidney disease (5th stage), and renal anemia at first. Then, he received treatment with traditional drugs. However, this treatment did not help to alleviate the symptoms of the patient significantly. The results of gastroendoscopy showed hookworms in the duodenum, also confirmed by pathology examination. Anemia was markedly ameliorated after eliminating the parasites. The results mentioned above suggested that ancylostomiasis was the leading causes of anemia in this patient, and the etiology of anemia in uremic patients should be systematically considered. Especially when anemia could not be cured by regular treatments, rare diseases should be investigated.
Aged ; Ancylostomatoidea* ; Ancylostomiasis ; Anemia* ; China* ; Duodenum ; Dyspnea ; Edema ; Hookworm Infections ; Humans ; Lower Extremity ; Male ; Parasites ; Pathology ; Peritoneal Dialysis* ; Rare Diseases ; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic ; Thorax