Korean J Parasitol.  1999 Sep;37(3):145-147. 10.3347/kjp.1999.37.3.145.

A survey of helminthic infections in the residents of rural areas near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

• Lee DS
• Chung BH
• Lee NS
• Nam HW
• Kim JH

• KMID: 1715260
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1999.37.3.145

Abstract

A total of 738 samples was collected to survey the helminthic infections of residents in two rural areas near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia for 2 weeks from July 23 to August 2, 1998. Among 391 scotch-taped slides of anal swabs of children and of young teenagers. Enterobius vermicularis eggs were detected in 138 cases (35.3%). With the fecal samples of 206 Kato-Katz thick smear slides from adults, the eggs of E. vermicularis were observed in 9 cases and Taenia sp. in one case, respectively. And by ELISA on 141 blood samples absorbed to blood sampling paper, 12 cases (8.5%) were found to be positive against the hydatid cyst antigen. Enterobiasis and hydatidosis are two major endemic diseases which are related closely to the life style of Mongolian.

MeSH Terms

Adolescence
Adult
Animal
Antigens, Helminth/blood
Child
Echinococcosis/epidemiology
Endemic Diseases*
Enterobiasis/epidemiology*
Enterobius/isolation & purification
Enterobius/immunology
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Feces/parasitology
Female
Human
Male
Mongolia/epidemiology
Parasite Egg Count
Prevalence
Rural Population
Seroepidemiologic Studies