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8354853

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-23
pubmed:abstractText
In order to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites among labourers from Thailand in Taiwan, the stool samples from 1364 Thai labourers were examined by the formalin-ether concentration method and 18.0% were found to be infected with one or more parasites. The infection rates of hookworm, Opisthorchis viverrini, Strongyloides stercoralis, Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides, Hymenolepis nana, Capillaria philippinensis, Schistosoma japonicum, Echinostoma sp., Entamoeba coli, Giardia lamblia, and Entamoeba histolytica, were 7.6%, 7.0%, 3.2%, 0.5%, 0.3%, 0.1%, 0.1%, 0.1%, 0.1%, 0.4%, 0.2%, and 0.1% respectively. The prevalence was highest among the 21-25 age group (24.8%). Among the 245 infected persons, 91% were infected with one parasite, 8% with two parasites and 1% with three parasites. The finding that parasitic infections are prevalent among Thai labourers demonstrates the need for control measures in foreign labourers in Taiwan and further studies to determine the susceptibility of O. viverrini to the snail hosts of Clonorchis sinensis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-149X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
102-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Imported Opisthorchis viverrini and parasite infections from Thai labourers in Taiwan.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Pathology, 804 Army General Hospital, Tauyuan, Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article