Korean J Parasitol.  2010 Dec;48(4):339-342. 10.3347/kjp.2010.48.4.339.

Prevalence of the Intestinal Flukes Haplorchis taichui and H. yokogawai in a Mountainous Area of Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea. cjy@snu.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Parasitology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
  • 3Department of Parasitology, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju 361-763, Korea.
  • 4Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon 301-746, Korea.
  • 5Malaria Center, Provincial Health Department, Luangprabang, Lao PDR.
  • 6Department of Hygiene and Prevention, Ministry of Public Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
  • 7Department of Parasitology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul 136-705, Korea.

Abstract

Phongsaly Province, located in the northernmost area of Lao PDR, was previously suggested to be endemic for the liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini infection. To confirm, or rule out, this suggestion, the Phonxay village in the Khoua District, Phongsaly Province, was selected for a survey. Ten volunteers (8 men and 2 women aged 31-57 years) who consumed raw freshwater fish and had gastrointestinal troubles were treated with a single dose of praziquantel (40 mg/kg) and pyrantel pamoate (10 mg/kg) and purged with magnesium sulfate to recover any worm parasites. Eight of the 10 volunteers expelled 1 or more species of trematodes, nematodes, or cestodes (worm positive rate; 80%). The worms were morphologically identified as H. taichui (861 worms from 8 people), H. yokogawai (59 from 6 people), Phaneropsolus bonnei (1 from 1 person), Trichostrongylus sp. (2 from 2 people), Ascaris lumbricoides (2 from 1 person), Enterobius vermicularis (11 from 3 people), and Taenia saginata (1 strobila with scolex from 1 person). The results indicate that the mountainous area of Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR, is not endemic for the liver fluke but endemic for intestinal flukes, in particular, Haplorchis taichui and H. yokogawai.

Keyword

Haplorchis taichui; Haplorchis yokogawai; Phaneropsolus bonnei; Trichostrongylus; Taenia saginata; prevalence; Phongsali Province; Laos

MeSH Terms

Adult
Animals
Antiparasitic Agents/administration & dosage
Feces/parasitology
Female
Heterophyidae/anatomy & histology/classification/*isolation & purification
Humans
Laos/epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Praziquantel/administration & dosage
Prevalence
Pyrantel Pamoate/administration & dosage
Trematode Infections/drug therapy/*epidemiology/*parasitology
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