Echinostoma revolutum infection in children, Pursat Province, Cambodia |
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| Authors: | Sohn Woon-Mok Chai Jong-Yil Yong Tai-Soon Eom Keeseon S Yoon Cheong-Ha Sinuon Muth Socheat Duong Lee Soon-Hyung |
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| Affiliation: | Author affiliations: Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, South Korea (W.-M. Sohn);;Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.-Y. Chai, S.-H. Lee);;Korea Association of Health Promotion, Seoul (J.-Y. Chai, C.-H. Yoon);;Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul (T.-S. Yong);;Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, South Korea (K.S. Eom);;Center for National Malaria Control, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (M. Sinuon, D. Socheat) |
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| Abstract: | To determine the prevalence of helminthic infections in Pursat Province, Cambodia, we tested fecal specimens from 471 children, 10-14 years of age, in June 2007. The prevalence of infection with echinostome flukes ranged from 7.5% to 22.4% in 4 schools surveyed. Adult worms were identified as Echinostoma revolutum. |
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| Keywords: | Parasites Echinostoma revolutum echinostomiasis trematode prevalence children Cambodia dispatch |
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