Intestinal Parasite Infection in the Kampuchean Refugee Population 6 Years after Resettlement in Canada
| Autor: | Chhith Chheang, E. Kokoskin-Nelson, J. Dick MacLean, Pierre Viens, Theresa W. Gyorkos |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Male Canada medicine.medical_specialty Population Helminthiasis Intestinal parasite medicine.disease_cause Ascariasis Epidemiology Prevalence medicine Humans Immunology and Allergy Intestinal Diseases Parasitic Child education Hookworm infection education.field_of_study biology business.industry medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Infectious Diseases Strongyloidiasis Hookworm Infections Immunology Female Cambodia business Follow-Up Studies Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Infectious Diseases. 166:413-417 |
| ISSN: | 1537-6613 0022-1899 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/infdis/166.2.413 |
| Popis: | A follow-up prevalence study was done in 1989 of the same Kampuchean refugee population (247 subjects) that had been screened and treated for intestinal parasite infection 6 years earlier. A control group (102 subjects) included Kampuchean refugees who had arrived in Montreal at about the same time. These groups did not differ in age, sex, family size, or number of months spent in refugee camps. Statistically significant prevalence differences were observed in the rescreened group between 1982-1983 (63.7%) and 1989 (21.9%) and between the rescreened group and the control group (39.2%). These differences are largely attributable to the elimination of Ascaris infection and decreases in Giardia and hookworm infections. However, Strongyloides infection decreased only slightly (from 15% to 11%) in the rescreened group, while 12% of the control group was infected. Despite an early screening and treatment program, there remain important health risks in this immigrant population due to long-lived potentially pathogenic parasites. |
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