Helminth infection in Yen Hai commune, Yen Hung district, Quang Ninh province in 2003

ABSTRACT

A study was conducted in 2003 in Yen Hai commune, Yen Hung distric of Quang Ninh province. A KAP survey was made by interviewing 172 household heads and 612 individuals aged  10 years. 586 stool samples were examined by Kato technique. The results: no eggs of trematode and cestode were found while the cumulative rate of nematode infection was 86% of which Ascaris infection was 82.8%; single infection of nematode was 44.8%; triple infection was 2.8%; double infection was 52.6%, mostly of Ascaris and Trichuris. 97.7% of households were found to have latrine (one or two compartments). 19.8% of household were found to still use fresh stool as fertilizer for cultivation and 99.4% received no information on helminthes infection control