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The Korean Journal of Parasitology ; : 265-268, 2006.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-59368

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The present authors investigated intestinal parasitic infections among North Korean residents and refugees in China in 2003. The Kato-Katz method was applied to 236 residents and soldiers in a town on the North Korea-China border and to 46 people at a refugee camp in China. Only eggs of Ascaris and Trichuris were detected, with egg positive rates of 41.1% and 37.6%, respectively. The total egg positive rate was 55.0% and most of those who were egg positive were only lightly infected. Women of 61.2% and men of 53.1% were egg positive. The refugees from rural areas showed higher egg positive rates than those from urban areas. The present investigation confirmed high prevalence of soil-transmitted intestinal helminths in rural borderline areas of North Korea.


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Male , Humans , Female , Child , Animals , Adult , Adolescent , Trichuris/growth & development , Trichuriasis/epidemiology , Korea/epidemiology , Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology , Ascaris/growth & development , Ascariasis/epidemiology
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