Intestinal parasitic infections in the residents of an emigration camp in Tijuana, Mexico

Brief Communication


Korean J Parasitol. 1995 Mar;33(1):65-67. English. Published online Mar 20, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1995.33.1.65
Copyright © 1995 by The Korean Society for Parasitology


Intestinal parasitic infections in the residents of an emigration camp in Tijuana, Mexico
Sun Huh,^*¹Curie Ahn,² and Jong-Yil Chai³
¹Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Chunchon 200-702, Korea.
²Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, Korea.
³Department of Parasitology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, Korea.

Received February 07, 1995; Accepted March 02, 1995.

Abstract
We examined stool specimens of the residents in the emigration camp in Tijuana, Mexico for helminth eggs or protozoan cysts with formalin-ethyl acetate concentration method in February and July 1992. Out of 92 examined samples, number of positive was 49 (53.3%). While number of cumulative positive was 66 (71.7%). Cysts of Entamoeba coli (29.3%) Giardia lamblia (9.8%), Entamoeba histolytica (7.6%), and eggs of Taenia spp. (6.5) were most frequently observed. Filtered water supply and chemotherapy were required in this camp.

Figures


	Fig. 1 Surveyed Area (•).

Tables


	Table 1 Results of the stool examination in 92 residents in a camp in Tijuhana, Mexico

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