Warning: fopen(/home/virtual/parasitol/journal/upload/ip_log/ip_log_2025-12.txt): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/virtual/lib/view_data.php on line 83
Warning: fwrite() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /home/virtual/lib/view_data.php on line 84 Intestinal parasitic infections in the residents of an emigration camp in Tijuana, Mexico
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.
Citations
Citations to this article as recorded by
Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: a systematic review of the distribution in the Americas Uffe Christian Braae, Lian F. Thomas, Lucy J. Robertson, Veronique Dermauw, Pierre Dorny, Arve Lee Willingham, Anastasios Saratsis, Brecht Devleesschauwer Parasites & Vectors.2018;[Epub] CrossRef
Hyperendemic H. Pylori and Tapeworm Infections in a U.S.-Mexico Border Population Victor M. Cardenas, Kristina D. Mena, Melchor Ortiz, Sitrulasi Karri, Easwaran Variyam, Casey Barton Behravesh, Karen F. Snowden, Ana Flisser, John R. Bristol, Lillian F. Mayberry, Ynes R. Ortega, Yoshihiro Fukuda, Armando Campos, David Y. Graham Public Health Reports®.2010; 125(3): 441. CrossRef
