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KMID : 0352519800170030627
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Korea Univercity Medical Journal
1980 Volume.17 No. 3 p.627 ~ p.632
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Epidemiological change on Paragonimiasis in Kwang-Tan Myun, Pa Joo Gun
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李駿商/Lee, Joon-Sang
鄭然郁/朴永模/Chung, Youn-Wook/Park, Young-Mo
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Abstract
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Paragonimiasis is a common trematodiasis of medical importance and one of public health problems in many areas of southern part of Korea. During the last sixty years, several surveys on the prevalence among the Korean population have been carried out by various investigators, although the general distribution and prevalence of paragonimiasis are not yet clearly determined.
This study was undertaken to compare the status of human paragonimiasis in Kwang,-Tan Myun, Pa Joo Gun by the use of intradermal screening test with Veronal buffered saline antigen.
1. In 1969, 27.9 per cent of the inhabitant examiners showed positive reaction, with sexual difference of 38.7 per cent in male and 8.3 per cent in female.
2. In 1977, 19.8 per cent of the inhabitant examiners showed positive reaction, with sexual difference of 31.9 per cent in male and 3.8 per cent in female.
3. In 1977, 1.9 per cent of the student examiners showed positive reaction.
4. In the inhabitant examiners, relarively higher positive rate was shown from the age group of 10 years in 1969, but it was shown from the age group of 40 years in 1977.
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