Echinostoma revolutum infection in children, Pursat Province, Cambodia

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 Echino...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2011-01, Vol.17 (1), p.117-119
Hauptverfasser:	Sohn, Woon-Mok, Chai, Jong-Yil, Yong, Tai-Soon, Eom, Keeseon S, Yoon, Cheong-Ha, Sinuon, Muth, Socheat, Duong, Lee, Soon-Hyung
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Animals Anthelmintics - therapeutic use Cambodia - epidemiology Child Children Diseases Dispatch Echinostoma - classification Echinostoma - isolation & purification Echinostoma revolutum echinostomiasis Echinostomiasis - diagnosis Echinostomiasis - drug therapy Echinostomiasis - epidemiology Echinostomiasis - parasitology Feces - parasitology Female Health aspects Helminthiasis - diagnosis Helminthiasis - epidemiology Helminthiasis - parasitology Humans Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - diagnosis Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - epidemiology Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - parasitology Male Parasite Egg Count Parasites Praziquantel - therapeutic use Prevalence trematode
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1701.100920