Korean J Parasitol.
1995 Mar;33(1):65-67. 10.3347/kjp.1995.33.1.65.
Intestinal parasitic infections in the residents of an emigration camp in Tijuana, Mexico
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- 1Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Chunchon, Korea.
- KMID: 1715420
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1995.33.1.65
Abstract
- We examined stool specimens of the residents in the emigration camp in Tijuana, Mexico for helminth eggs or protozoan cysts with formalin-ethyl acetate concentration method in February and July 1992. Out of 92 examined samples, number of positive was 49 (53.3%). While number of cumulative positive was 66 (71.7%). Cysts of Entamoeba coli (29.3%) Giardia lamblia (9.8%), Entamoeba histolytica (7.6%), and eggs of Taenia spp. (6.5) were most frequently observed. Filtered water supply and chemotherapy were required in this camp.
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