American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 30, Issue 2, 1981, Pages 340-343

Intestinal parasites in Indochinese immigrants (Article)

Hoffman S.L. , Barrett-Connor E. , Norcross W. , Nguyen D.
  • a Trop. Dis. Travelers Clin., Family Med. Cent., Univ. California Med. Cent., San Diego, Calif. 92103, United States
  • b Trop. Dis. Travelers Clin., Family Med. Cent., Univ. California Med. Cent., San Diego, Calif. 92103, United States
  • c Trop. Dis. Travelers Clin., Family Med. Cent., Univ. California Med. Cent., San Diego, Calif. 92103, United States
  • d Trop. Dis. Travelers Clin., Family Med. Cent., Univ. California Med. Cent., San Diego, Calif. 92103, United States

Abstract

Fifty-two percent of 419 recent Indochinese refugees, most of whom were studied because they had symptoms, or hematologic findings suggestive of parasitism, had intestinal parasites. The frequency of parasitism was comparable in Vietnamese vs. other Indochinese (Cambodians and Laotians), but other Indochinese were more often found to have multiple parasites. The most common parasite in Vietnamese was Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm was the most common parasite in Cambodians and Laotians, and opisthorchid flukes were only found in Laotians. Age and sex were not related to infection except for Giardia, which was more prevalent in children. Based on public or personal health hazards and treatability, 33% of patients had parasites judged to warrant therapy, even in a clinically normal host.

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Index Keywords

Trichuris Opisthorchidae Laotia Ascaris protozoon geographic distribution Ancylostoma parasitosis trematode nematode Trematoda Giardia Ancylostomatoidea Protozoa diagnosis Ascaris lumbricoides Digenea (flukes)
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DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1981.30.340
ISSN: 00029637
Cited by: 25
Original Language: English