Intestinal parasitic infections in hill-tribe schoolchildren in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand.

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dc.contributor.authorPiangjai, Somsaken_US
dc.contributor.authorSukontason, Komen_US
dc.contributor.authorSukontason, Kabkaew Len_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T15:22:26Z
dc.date.available2009-05-27T15:22:26Z
dc.date.issued2003-09-24en_US
dc.descriptionThe Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.en_US
dc.description.abstractWe surveyed intestinal parasitic infections in hill-tribe schoolchildren residing permanently in Chiang Mai Province. The positive rate, of 403 stool specimens examined using the formalin-ether sedimentation technique, was 48.9%. No significant difference between male (50.8%) and female (47.1%) students was found for the infection. The most common protozoa was Entamoeba coli (40.9%), followed by Giardia lamblia (14.9%). The most common helminth was hookworm (13.4%), followed by Ascaris lumbricoides (8.0%), and Trichuris trichiura (6.9%). Opisthorchis viverrini, the most important liver fluke infection in northern Thailand, was found in only 1.5%. Children harbored 1-5 species of parasites, with the most being single infections (67.5%), followed by double infections (26.9%). This finding promoted an urgent need for the treatment of infected schoolchildren, and the prevention of re-infection must be underlined.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPiangjai S, Sukontason K, Sukontason KL. Intestinal parasitic infections in hill-tribe schoolchildren in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 2003 ; 34 Suppl 2(): 90-3en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/32623
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.tm.mahidol.ac.th/seameo/publication.htmen_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_US
dc.subject.meshAnimalsen_US
dc.subject.meshChilden_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIntestinal Diseases, Parasitic --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshPrevalenceen_US
dc.subject.meshThailanden_US
dc.titleIntestinal parasitic infections in hill-tribe schoolchildren in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_US
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