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Intestinal parasite and Clonorchis sinensis infection among the inhabitants in the upper stream of Taechong Dam, Kumgang (River)
C H Kim,*1Y E Na,1N M Kim,1D W Shin,2 and D Y Chang3
1Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Chungnam National University, Korea.
Received October 24, 1994; Accepted November 19, 1994.
Abstract
The prevalence of intestinal parasites and Clonorchis sinensis infection was observed among inhabitants in the upper stream of Kumgang (River) from January to October 1991. A total of 743 fecal specimens was examined by cellophane thick smear and formalin-ether concentration technique. The parasite positive rate including helminth eggs and protozoan cysts was 40.8%, the positive rates for every species were: Clonorchis sinensis 30.8%, Metagonimus spp. 14.5%, Fasciola spp. 0.7%, Taenia spp. 1.5%, Ascaris lumbricoides 0.4%, Enterobius vermicularis 0.1%, Hookworm 0.1%, Trichuris trichiura 1.6%, Entamoeba coli 0.7%, E. histolytica 0.3%, Endolimax nana 0.3%, Giardia lamblia 0.3% and Iodamoeba buetschlii 0.1%, respectively. The cumulative positive rate in Okchon-gun showed 51.1%, in the Kumsan-gun 50.8% and in the Muju-gun 28.6%. Through this survey, it was concluded that the soil transmitted intestinal parasites including helminthseggs and protozoan cysts have been decreased remarkably among the inhabitants along the upper stream of Taechong Dam, Kum-gang (River), on the other side, Clonorchis sinensis, Metagonimus spp. and Taenia spp. are still morderate prevalent.
Table 1 Result of fecal examination of the riverains by administrative district along the upper stream of Kumgang (River)
Table 2 Result of fecal examination of the riverains by sex and along the upper stream of Kumgang (River)
Table 3 Comparison of the egg positive rates of fecal examination for the helminths between Kim (1980) and present study (1991) in the inhabitants of the Kum-gang (River) basin
Table 4 Prevalences of C. sinensis in the inhabitants of Kumgang (River) basin hitherto reported
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