Prevalence of Gymnophalloides seoi infection in coastal villages of Haenam-gun and Yeongam-gun, Republic of Korea
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
; : 1-5, 2006.
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المكتبة المسؤولة:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
One coastal village in Haenam-gun and two in Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do were surveyed for intestinal parasite infections by fecal examination. The egg positive rates of Gymnophalloides seoi were high, 24.1% (14/58) in Haenam-gun and 9.3% (11/118) in Yeongam-gun. The egg positive rates of heterophyids, including Heterophyes nocens, and of Clonorchis sinensis were 10.3% and 6.9% in Haenam-gun, and 14.4% and 8.5% in Yeongam-gun, respectively. After praziquantel treatment and purgation, a total of 37,761 fluke specimens were recovered from 17 patients; 11 in Haenam-gun and 6 in Yeongam-gun. Gymnophalloides seoi was the most commonly recovered species, with 37,489 specimens in total (2,205 per person). Other recovered flukes included Heterophyes nocens, Stictodora fuscata, Heterophyopsis continua, Pygidiopsis summa, and undetermined species. These results indicate that the areas surveyed are new endemic foci of G. seoi.
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النص الكامل:
1
الفهرس:
WPRIM
الموضوع الرئيسي:
Parasite Egg Count
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Praziquantel
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Trematoda
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Trematode Infections
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Prevalence
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Clonorchis sinensis
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Feces
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Heterophyidae
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Korea
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Anthelmintics
نوع الدراسة:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
المحددات:
Aged80
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
البلد/الأقليم حسب الموضوع:
Asia
اللغة:
En
مجلة:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
السنة:
2006
نوع:
Article