title: Intestinal parasitic infections in the residents of an emigration camp in Tijuana, Mexico.
abstract: We examined stool specimens of the residents in the emigration camp in Tijuana, Mexico for helminth eggs or protozoan cysts with formalin-ethyl acetate concentration method in February and July 1992. Out of 92 examined samples, number of positive was 49 (53.3%). While number of cumulative positive was 66 (71.7%). Cysts of Entamoeba coli (29.3%) Giardia lamblia (9.8%), Entamoeba histolytica (7.6%), and eggs of Taenia spp. (6.5) were most frequently observed. Filtered water supply and chemotherapy were required in this camp.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Chunchon, Korea.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huh
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003209:Concentration Camps; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006376:Helminths / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged