Enterobius vermicularis infection is well controlled among preschool children in nurseries of Taipei City, Taiwan
| Autor: | Tu-Bin Chu, Chien-Wei Liao, Takeshi Nara, Ying-Chie Huang, Chia-Mei Chou, Yu-Hsin Liu, Chia-Kwung Fan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 45, Iss 5, Pp 646-648 (2012) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1678-9849 0037-8682 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S0037-86822012000500020 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION: Whether Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) infections among preschool children in Taipei City had truly declined was investigated. METHODS: A total of 6,661 preschool children from 28 nurseries were randomly selected from 4 major geographic districts in Taipei City to examine the status of pinworm infection by using adhesive thin cellophane tape swab method. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of pinworm infection was 0.5% (30/6,661). Boys (0.6%; 21/3,524) had higher prevalence than girls (0.3%; 9/3,137) (p=0.06). Southern district (0.6%; 10/1,789) showed insignificantly higher prevalence than Western district (0.2%; 1/606) (p=0.22). CONCLUSIONS: Pinworm screening program remains necessary for some parts of Taipei City. |
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