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KMID : 0311219760070010017
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Yonsei Reports on Tropical Medicine
1976 Volume.7 No. 1 p.17 ~ p.25
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Prevalences of Intestinal Parasites in Sochong-Do Island
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Cho, Kee Mok/趙基穆
Lee, Kun-Soo/Chang, Jae-Hoon/Soh, Chin-Thack/李健秀/張在勳/蘇鎭琸
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Abstract
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Sochong-do is a small detached island in the West Sea of Korea. During February?May, 1976, a total of 367 (63.8%) among 575 islanders were surveyed on the infection. of intestinal parasites by the modified MIFC method (Cho et al., 1972). As a control, 84 persons, who were dispatched from the main land, were examined.
Of 367 islanders, male was 154, and female numbered 213. The total positives for intestinal helminths were 322 (87. 7%), and the prevalences were Ascaris lumbricoides 79.6%, Trichuris trichiura 45.2%, hook-worm 0.3% and Taenia sp. 0.3%. In control group, number of the helminths eggs positives were 36 (42.7%); Ascaris lumbricoides 36.9%, and Trichuris trichiura 15.5%.
The total positives for intestinal protozoa were 44 (12. 0%); Entamoeba histolytica 1.4 %, Entamoeba coli 10.4%, Endolimax nana 1.6% and Giardia lamblia 0.8%. Controls showed the protozoa positives 4 (4.8%) ; Entamoeba coil 1.2% and Giardia lamblia 3.6%.
Both intestinal helminths and protozoa were more prevalent in female than in male. Ages between 10?49 years revealed the highest infection rate of helminths (95.5 %), and the rates of the other age groups ranged from 80.3% to 91.4%. In the protozoa infection, the age group of 40?49 years showed the highest infection rate (21.7%) while the group of less than 10 years revealed lower rate. Prevalence ratios of multiple infection of helminths by age groups were approximated closely by a bimodal distribution.
In general, incidence of intestinal helminths among the islanders was higher than those of the other islands and the mainland of Korea, while intestinal protozoa showed lower infection rates.
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