Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

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Intestinal Parasite Infections among Inhabitants in Yanbian Prefecture, Jilin Province, China

  • Lee, Myoung-Ro (Division of Vectors and Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ;
  • Shin, Hee-Eun (Division of Vectors and Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ;
  • Chung, Byung-Suk (Division of Vectors and Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Eun (Division of Vectors and Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ;
  • Ju, Jung-Won (Division of Vectors and Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ;
  • Xu, Liji (Yanbian Center for Disease Control and Prevention) ;
  • Nan, Chen Long (Yanbian Center for Disease Control and Prevention) ;
  • Park, Mi-Yeoun (Division of Vectors and Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ;
  • Cho, Shin-Hyeong (Division of Vectors and Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Received : 2016.12.09
  • Accepted : 2017.08.18
  • Published : 2017.10.31
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Abstract

To investigate the prevalence of intestinal parasite infections in Yanbian Prefecture, Jilin Province, China, epidemiological surveys were conducted on a collaboration basis between the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Yanbian Center for Disease Control and Prevention. A total of 8,396 (males 3,737 and females 4,659) stool samples were collected from 8 localities and examined with the formalin-ether sedimentation technique, and additionally examined with the cellotape anal swab to detect Enterobius vermicularis eggs. The overall rate of intestinal parasites was 1.57%. The prevalence of Ascaris lumbricoides was the highest (0.80%), followed by Entamoeba spp. (0.23%), heterophyid flukes (0.15%), Clonorchis sinensis (0.08%), Enterobius vermicularis (0.07%), hookworms (0.06%), Trichostrongylus spp. (0.06%), Giardia lamblia (0.04%), Paragonimus spp. (0.02%), Diphyllobothrium spp. (0.02%), Trichuris trichiura (0.02%). The prevalence by sex was similar, 1.58% (n=59) in males and 1.57% (n=73) in females. By the present study, it is partly revealed that the prevalences of intestinal parasite infections are relatively low among the inhabitants of Yanbian Prefecture, Jilin Province, China.

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