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Imported Opisthorchis viverrini and parasite infections from Thai labourers in Taiwan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

H. W. Peng ,
H. L. Chao  and
P. C. Fan
H. W. Peng
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Pathology, 804 Army General Hospital, Tauyuan
H. L. Chao
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Pathology, 804 Army General Hospital, Tauyuan
P. C. Fan*
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, National Yangming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
*
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
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Abstract

In order to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites among labourers from Thailand in Taiwan, the stool samples from 1364 Thai labourers were examined by the formalin-ether concentration method and 18·0% were found to be infected with one or more parasites. The infection rates of hookworm, Opisthorchis viverrini, Strongyloides stercoralis, Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides, Hymenolepis nana, Capillaria philippinensis, Schistosoma japonicum, Echinostoma sp., Entamoeba coli, Giardia lamblia, and Entamoeba histolytica, were 7·6%, 7·0%, 3·2%, 0·5%, 0·3%, 0·1%, 0·1%, 0·l%,0·l%, 0·4%, 0·2%, and 0·1% respectively. The prevalence was highest among the 21–25 age group (24·8%). Among the 245 infected persons, 91% were infected with one parasite, 8% with two parasites and 1% with three parasites. The finding that parasitic infections are prevalent among Thai labourers demonstrates the need for control measures in foreign labourers in Taiwan and further studies to determine the susceptibility of O. viverrini to the snail hosts of Clonorchis sinensis.

Keywords

TaiwanThailandmanOpisthorchis viverriniStrongyloides stercoralisEnterobius vermicularisAscaris lumbricoidesHymenolepis nanaCapillaria philippinensisSchistosoma japonicumEchinostomaTrematodaNematodaCestoda
Type
Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 67 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 102 - 106
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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