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    Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2003;34 Suppl 2:90-3.

    Intestinal parasitic infections in hill-tribe schoolchildren in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand.

    Piangjai S, Sukontason K, Sukontason KL.

    Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

    We surveyed intestinal parasitic infections in hill-tribe schoolchildren residing permanently in Chiang Mai Province. The positive rate, of 403 stool specimens examined using the formalin-ether sedimentation technique, was 48.9%. No significant difference between male (50.8%) and female (47.1%) students was found for the infection. The most common protozoa was Entamoeba coli (40.9%), followed by Giardia lamblia (14.9%). The most common helminth was hookworm (13.4%), followed by Ascaris lumbricoides (8.0%), and Trichuris trichiura (6.9%). Opisthorchis viverrini, the most important liver fluke infection in northern Thailand, was found in only 1.5%. Children harbored 1-5 species of parasites, with the most being single infections (67.5%), followed by double infections (26.9%). This finding promoted an urgent need for the treatment of infected schoolchildren, and the prevention of re-infection must be underlined.

    PMID: 19230577 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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