Echinostoma revolutum infection in children, Pursat Province, Cambodia

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Authors: Woon-Mok Sohn ; Jong-Yil Chai ; Tai-Soon Yong ; Keeseon S. Eom ; Cheong-Ha Yoon ; Muth Sinuon ; Duong Socheat ; Soon-Hyung Lee

MeSH: Adolescent ; Animals ; Anthelmintics/therapeutic use ; Cambodia/epidemiology ; Child ; Echinostoma/classification* ; Echinostoma/isolation & purification* ; Echinostomiasis/diagnosis ; Echinostomiasis/drug therapy ; Echinostomiasis/epidemiology* ; Echinostomiasis/parasitology ; Feces/parasitology ; Female ; Helminthiasis/diagnosis ; Helminthiasis/epidemiology ; Helminthiasis/parasitology ; Humans ; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/diagnosis ; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology* ; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/parasitology ; Male ; Parasite Egg Count ; Praziquantel/therapeutic use ; Prevalence

Keywords: Parasites ; Echinostoma revolutum ; echinostomiasis ; trematode ; prevalence ; children ; Cambodia ; dispatch

Abstract: To determine the prevalence of helminthic infections in Pursat Province, Cambodia, we tested fecal specimens from 471 children, 10-14 years of age, in June 2007. The prevalence of infection with echinostome flukes ranged from 7.5% to 22.4% in 4 schools surveyed. Adult worms were identified as Echinostoma revolutum.