Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
- Volume 39 Issue 2
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- Pages.201-203
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- 2001
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- 2982-5164(pISSN)
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- 1738-0006(eISSN)
An epidemiological survey on Cryptosporidium parvum infection of inhabitants in Chorwon-gun, Kangwon-do
- Seo, Min (Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Dankook University) ;
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Huh, Sun
(Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Hallym University)
;
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Chai, Jong-Yil
(Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University)
;
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Yu, Jae-Ran
(Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University)
- Published : 2001.06.01
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to know the infection status of Cryptosporidium parvum among the residents of Chorwon-gun, Kangwon-do in 1993. Total 461 fecal samples were collected from the inhabitants residing in Chorwon-gun during the period of August 12 to September 14, 1993. Fecal smears were prepared by formalin-ether sedimentation, and examined after modified acid fast staining. Of the 461 fecal samples,9 (1.9%) were positive for C. parvum oocysts. The positive cases were limited to thirties (4) patients, forties (3), and sixties (2) , and no oocyst was detected in other age groups. The oocyst positive rate for male was 1.4% and that of female was 2.6%.