Korean J Parasitol.  1994 Dec;32(4):271-273. 10.3347/kjp.1994.32.4.271.

Egg positive rates of Clonorchis sinensis and intestinal helminths among residents in Kagye-ri, Saengbiryang-myon, Sanchong-gun, Kyongsangnam-do

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  • 1Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, Korea.

Abstract

Stools of the residents in a village in Saengbiryang-myon, Sanchong-gun, Kyongsangnam-do were examined for the eggs of intestinal helminths. In 1987, infection rate of 76 residents by Clonorchis sinensis was 80.3% with mean eggs per gram of feces (EPG) 27,781. C. sinensis-infected persons were treated once with praziquantel 60 mg/kg, q.i.d. Seventeen persons (22.4%) infected by Metagonimus yokogawai was coinfected with C. sinensis. In 1993, C. sinensis egg positive rate was 48.4% with mean EPG 5,929. Reinfection rate of follow-up cases by C. sinensis was 55.2% during 5 years and 5 months. Infection rate by M. yokogawai was 3.2%. This village was an endemic focus of clonorchiasis occurring reinfection high.


MeSH Terms

Clonorchiasis-parasitology
Feces-parasitology
Intestinal-Diseases,-Parasitic-parasitology
Korea-epidemiology
Parasite-Egg-Count
Prevalence-
*Clonorchiasis-epidemiology
*Intestinal-Diseases,-Parasitic-epidemiology
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