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Prevalence of helminthic infections among inhabitants of Lao PDR

Authors
 Keeseon S. Eom  ;  Tai-Soon Yong  ;  Woon-Mok Sohn  ;  Jong-Yil Chai  ;  Duk-Young Min  ;  Han-Jong Rim  ;  Hyeong-Kyu Jeon  ;  Virasack Banouvong  ;  Bounnaloth Insisiengmay  ;  Bounlay Phommasack 
Citation
 KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY, Vol.52(1) : 51-56, 2014 
Journal Title
KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY
ISSN
 0023-4001 
Issue Date
2014
MeSH
Animals ; Feces/parasitology ; Female ; Helminthiasis/epidemiology* ; Helminthiasis/parasitology* ; Helminths/classification ; Helminths/isolation & purification* ; Humans ; Intestinal Diseases/epidemiology* ; Intestinal Diseases/parasitology* ; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic ; Laos/epidemiology ; Male ; Parasite Egg Count ; Prevalence
Keywords
Lao PDR ; Opisthorchis viverrini ; foodborne trematode ; intestinal helminth ; liver fluke ; minute intestinal fluke
Abstract
The prevalence of helminthic infections was surveyed on a total of 6,178 residents (males 2,549 and females 3,629) in 102 villages of 9 provinces in Lao PDR between 2007 and 2011 under the project of Korea-Laos Collaborative Project for Control of Foodborne Trematode Infections in Lao PDR. Fecal specimens were collected and examined by the Kato-Katz thick smear and Stoll's egg counting techniques. The overall liver/intestinal helminth egg positive rate was 71.9% with a single or mixed infections with Opisthorchis viverrini and minute intestinal flukes (Ov/MIF), Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworms, Trichuris trichiura, Trichostrongylus sp., echinostomes, Taenia spp., and others. Ov/MIF revealed the highest prevalence (55.6%) followed by hookworms (27.8%) and T. trichiura (6.5%). The endemic regions with the highest prevalence of Ov/MIF were Savannakhet, Khammouane, Vientiane (Nam Ngum), Champasak (Khong Island), and Saravane Province. High prevalences of A. lumbricoides (33.8%), hookworms (47.8%), and T. trichiura (32.6%) were observed in Phongsaly, Luang Prabang, and Vientiane (Nam Ngum) areas, respectively. The results of this study highlight helminth parasites of current public health significance in different areas of Lao PDR.
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DOI
10.3347/kjp.2014.52.1.51
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Tropica Medicine (열대의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Yong, Tai Soon(용태순) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3445-0769
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/99807
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