| Literature DB >> 10507221 |
D S Lee1, B H Chung, N S Lee, H W Nam, J H Kim.
Abstract
A total of 738 samples was collected to survey the helminthic infections of residents in two rural areas near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia for 2 weeks from July 23 to August 2, 1998. Among 391 scotch-taped slides of anal swabs of children and of young teenagers. Enterobius vermicularis eggs were detected in 138 cases (35.3%). With the fecal samples of 206 Kato-Katz thick smear slides from adults, the eggs of E. vermicularis were observed in 9 cases and Taenia sp. in one case, respectively. And by ELISA on 141 blood samples absorbed to blood sampling paper, 12 cases (8.5%) were found to be positive against the hydatid cyst antigen. Enterobiasis and hydatidosis are two major endemic diseases which are related closely to the life style of Mongolian.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10507221 PMCID: PMC2733143 DOI: 10.3347/kjp.1999.37.3.145
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Korean J Parasitol ISSN: 0023-4001 Impact factor: 1.341