Status of intestinal helminthic infections of borderline residents in North Korea
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
; : 265-268, 2006.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
| ID: wpr-59368
Biblioteca responsável:
WPRO
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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Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Helmintíase
/
Doenças Negligenciadas
/
Zoonoses
Base de dados:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Ascaríase
/
Ascaris
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Tricuríase
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Trichuris
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Enteropatias Parasitárias
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Coreia (Geográfico)
Limite:
Animais
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Feminino
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Humanos
/
Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Artigo