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KMID : 0498419780980000004
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Tropical Medicine News
1978 Volume.98 No. 0 p.4 ~ p.6
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Current Status of Human Parasites in Korea
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Soh Chin-Thack
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Abstract
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Up to the present, some 45 species of parasites: 11 Nematodes, 7 Trematodes, 7 Cestodes and 20 protozoa have been recorded so far in the literature from Korea (Table 1). From epidemiological viewpoint, those are classified as follows:
Soil-transmitted: Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichocephalus trichiurus, Ancylostoma duodenale and
Necator americanus, Trichostrongylus orientalis, Strongyloides stercoralis
Snail-mediated: Clonorchis sinensis, Paragonimus westermani, Metagonimus yokogawai, Fasc
iola hepatica, Dicrocoeliid sp., Heterophyes heterophyes
Vector-borne: Brugia malayi, Thelazia callipaeda, Plasmodium vivax, P1. malariae, P1. falciparum
Contaminated food matter and water: Entamoeba histolytica, E. coli, Endolimax nana, Iodamoeba b.s s:hlii, Dientamota fragilis, Giardia lamblia, Trichomonas hominis, Enteromonas hominis, Chilomastix mesnili, Embadomonas sp., Balantidium coli, Isospora horninis, Dracunculus medinensis, Hymenolepis nana and H. diminuta
Fish or meat borne: Taenia saginata, Taeniasolium and Cysticercus cellulosae, Diphylloboth
rium latum, Anisakis sp., Fibricola sp., Mesocestoides sp., Toxoplasma gondii
Contact borne or polluted surroundings: Enterobius vermicularis, Entamoeba gingivalis, Tri
chomonas tenax, Trichomonas vaginlais, Echinococcus granulosus (hydatid cyst) Unknown: Pneumocystis carinii
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