title: [The Status Of Intestinal Protozoan Infections In Inhabitants Of Gangweon-Do, Korea]
abstract: To evaluate the status of intestinal protozoan infections in inhabitants of Gangweon-Do, Korea, a total of 1,310 stool specimens (male 669, female 641) was collected from 2 cities and 3 counties. They were examined routinely 1 time by the method of formalin-ether sedimentation technique. The results were as follows: 1. The positive rate for any kind of the intestinal protozoan cysts was 8.9 %. 2. A total of 6 kinds of the intestinal protozoan cysts were detected. The prevalence rate of each protozoa were; E. histolytica 0.8 %, E. coli 7.6 %, E. nana 1.4 %, I. butschlii 0.2 %, G. lamblia 0.5 % and C. mesnili 0.5 %. 3. Sogcho-city showed the highest positive rate as 15.2 %, Myeongju county was the next as 11.3 % and Weonju-city showed the lowest positive rate as low as 3.9 %. 4. By age, the highest positive rate was found in 20-29 age group(12.4 %). Female (9.5 %) showed a slight higher positive rate than male (8.4 %).
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Korea.
authors.forename: Suk Il
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Shin Yong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Seung Yull
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Seok Rok
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: In Soo
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Han