[Prevalence of intestinal parasites among Thais in Israel] - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 1994 May 1;126(9):507-9, 563.
[Article in Hebrew]
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[Prevalence of intestinal parasites among Thais in Israel]
[Article in Hebrew]
Z Greenberg et al. Harefuah. 1994.
Abstract
Stool samples from 93 Thais working in Israel were examined for the presence of parasites. The overall prevalence of infection by 1 or more species was 74%. Opisthorchis viverrini and hookworm were the most prevalent parasites (51.6% and 44.1%, respectively). They were also the parasites most frequently found in mixed infections; about a quarter of the workers were infected with both. Other helminths found in only a few cases were: Fasciolopsis buski (3 cases), Taenia sp. (3), Paragonimus sp. (1), Ascaris lumbricoides (1), Trichuris trichiura (1) and Trichostrongylus sp. (1).