A survey of helminthic infections in the residents of rural areas near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. |
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| Authors: | D S Lee B H Chung N S Lee H W Nam J H Kim |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Parasitology, Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul. |
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| Abstract: | A total of 738 samples was collected to survey the helminthic infections of residents in two rural areas near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia for 2 weeks from July 23 to August 2, 1998. Among 391 scotch-taped slides of anal swabs of children and of young teenagers. Enterobius vermicularis eggs were detected in 138 cases (35.3%). With the fecal samples of 206 Kato-Katz thick smear slides from adults, the eggs of E. vermicularis were observed in 9 cases and Taenia sp. in one case, respectively. And by ELISA on 141 blood samples absorbed to blood sampling paper, 12 cases (8.5%) were found to be positive against the hydatid cyst antigen. Enterobiasis and hydatidosis are two major endemic diseases which are related closely to the life style of Mongolian. |
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