Intestinal parasites in a rural sub-population in Loikaw Township,Burma

ABSTRACT

92 Kayah, Taungthu, Shan, Danu, Pa-oh and Kaypar children and adults of both sexes in the 5 to 25-year age group of Chike, Thaysoele, Frusoe, Ywadanshe, Pankan, Mineloneyat and Sintaung villages of Loikaw Township were surveyed for intestinal parasites in May 1969. Stool samples were collected in screwcapped plastics containers of 50 ml capacity, preserved in 5 per cent formol-saline and then transported to Rangoon for microscopic examination. Coverglass preparation of faeces were examined directly in normal saline, 1 per cent eosin and lugol's iodine respectively. Each specimen was also examined after concentration by Ritchie's (1948) formol-ether method as modified by Ridley and Hawgood (1956). The prevalence rates for Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, hookworm, Entcrohius vermicularis (corrected prevalence), Hymenolepis nana and Entamocba coli were 46.73 , 25.00, 13.00, 22.00, 1.09 and 1.09 per cent respectively.