title: Prevalence of Blastocystis hominis and Strongyloides stercoralis infection in Okinawa, Japan.
abstract: This study was conducted to clarify the prevalence of Blastocystis hominis and Strongyloides stercoralis infection in Ryukyu University Hospital, Okinawa, Japan, between January 2004 and November 2006. Stool samples collected from 3,292 patients were examined by the direct smear method, formalin-ether sedimentation method, and agar plate culture method. The prevalence rate of B. hominis and S. stercoralis infection was 1.0 and 3.4%, respectively. The prevalence rate of B. hominis infection in patients aged >80 years old was significantly higher than that in patients <80 years old (P < 0.001). The prevalence rate of S. stercoralis infection was significantly higher in patients with B. hominis infection compared with those without (P < 0.001). This study demonstrated a prevalence rate for B. hominis and S. stercoralis infection and an association between B. hominis and S. stercoralis infection in Okinawa, Japan.
authors: Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan. h400314@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
authors: Tetsuo
authors: T
authors: Hirata
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Nakamura
authors: Nagisa
authors: N
authors: Kinjo
authors: Akira
authors: A
authors: Hokama
authors: Fukunori
authors: F
authors: Kinjo
authors: Nobuhisa
authors: N
authors: Yamane
authors: Jiro
authors: J
authors: Fujita
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D016776:Blastocystis Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D016845:Blastocystis hominis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology
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