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KMID : 0379319810060010068
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Korean Journal of Rural Medicine
1981 Volume.6 No. 1 p.68 ~ p.72
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Study on the Status of Intestinal Protozoan Infections in the Children of Specific Groups
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鄭知太/Choung, Ji-Tae
魚光本/李駿商/Uh, Kwang-Bon/Lee, Joon-Sang
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Abstract
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This study was undertaken to evaluate the status of intestinal protozoan infections in the children of specific groups. A total number of 441(male 250; female 191) consisting of 224 children of national feeble minded children institute, 59 Han-Bit blindness students, 158 children of local mental retardation children institute(Kang-Dong Ku) of specific groups were examined. The method employed was formalin-ether sedimentation technique with Lugol´s iodine stain.
The results were as follows:
1) The positive rates for any kinds of protozoan cysts were 13. 8 % (72 positives out of 441 samples) with sexual difference of 14.0 %in male and 12.6 % in female.
2) In the institute differences of positive rates of protozoan cysts were 15.2 % in national feeble minded children institute, 16.9 % in Han-Bit blindness school, and 9.5% in local mental retardation children institute(Kang-Dong Ku).
3) Cysts of Entarnoeba coli were recovered in 8.600´ and cysts of pathogenic amoeba, Entanmeba histolytica were found in 1.40´0. Cysts of Endolirnax nana (3.400). Giardia larnblia (2.9%) were found in this study.
4) The degree of multiple infections of protozoan cysts were; single infection 81.4%, double infection 16.900 and quadriple infection 1.7% respectively.
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