title: Enterobius vermicularis infection is well controlled among preschool children in nurseries of Taipei City, Taiwan.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Whether Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) infections among preschool children in Taipei City had truly declined was investigated.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 6,661 preschool children from 28 nurseries were randomly selected from 4 major geographic districts in Taipei City to examine the status of pinworm infection by using adhesive thin cellophane tape swab method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall prevalence of pinworm infection was 0.5% (30/6,661). Boys (0.6%; 21/3,524) had higher prevalence than girls (0.3%; 9/3,137) (p=0.06). Southern district (0.6%; 10/1,789) showed insignificantly higher prevalence than Western district (0.2%; 1/606) (p=0.22).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pinworm screening program remains necessary for some parts of Taipei City.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Administração dos Cuidados com a Saúde, Universidade Médica de Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Tu-Bin
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Chien-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nara
authors.forename: Ying-Chie
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chia-Mei
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Yu-Hsin
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chia-Kwung
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002656:Child Day Care Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017229:Enterobiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D004757:Enterobius / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009724:Nurseries, Infant / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D015995:Prevalence; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology