Status of intestinal helminthic infections of borderline residents in North Korea
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
;
: 265-268, 2006.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-59368
ABSTRACT
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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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Ascariasis
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Ascaris
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Trichuriasis
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Trichuris
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Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
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Korea
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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