Comparison of Egg Positive Rates of Enterobius vermicularis among Preschool Children in Three Korean Localities

This survey was performed to investigate and compare egg positive rates (EPRs) of Enterobius vermicularis among preschool children in 3 Korean localities (Chuncheon-si, Inje-gun, and Paju-si) in 2008. A total of 7,048 preschool children were examined. Overall, the total EPR was 4.0%; the EPR was the...

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Autores principales: Hong, Sung-Hee, Lee, Sang-Eun, Jeong, Young-Il, Lee, Won-Ja, Cho, Shin-Hyeong
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Parasitology 2011
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3279687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22355216
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2011.49.4.441
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Lee, Sang-Eun
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Cho, Shin-Hyeong
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description This survey was performed to investigate and compare egg positive rates (EPRs) of Enterobius vermicularis among preschool children in 3 Korean localities (Chuncheon-si, Inje-gun, and Paju-si) in 2008. A total of 7,048 preschool children were examined. Overall, the total EPR was 4.0%; the EPR was the highest in Chuncheon-si (5.6%), followed by Inje-gun (4.5%) and Paju-si (3.4%). The EPR of boys (4.9%) was higher than that of girls (3.1%). The EPR significantly increased with age, with the highest observed in 5~7-year-olds. These findings demonstrate that E. vermicularis infection is widely prevalent among preschool children in Chuncheon-si, Inje-gun, and Paju-si, Republic of Korea.
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spelling pubmed-32796872012-02-21 Comparison of Egg Positive Rates of Enterobius vermicularis among Preschool Children in Three Korean Localities Hong, Sung-Hee Lee, Sang-Eun Jeong, Young-Il Lee, Won-Ja Cho, Shin-Hyeong Korean J Parasitol Brief Communication This survey was performed to investigate and compare egg positive rates (EPRs) of Enterobius vermicularis among preschool children in 3 Korean localities (Chuncheon-si, Inje-gun, and Paju-si) in 2008. A total of 7,048 preschool children were examined. Overall, the total EPR was 4.0%; the EPR was the highest in Chuncheon-si (5.6%), followed by Inje-gun (4.5%) and Paju-si (3.4%). The EPR of boys (4.9%) was higher than that of girls (3.1%). The EPR significantly increased with age, with the highest observed in 5~7-year-olds. These findings demonstrate that E. vermicularis infection is widely prevalent among preschool children in Chuncheon-si, Inje-gun, and Paju-si, Republic of Korea. The Korean Society for Parasitology 2011-12 2011-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3279687/ /pubmed/22355216 http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2011.49.4.441 Text en © 2011, Korean Society for Parasitology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Comparison of Egg Positive Rates of Enterobius vermicularis among Preschool Children in Three Korean Localities
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title_short Comparison of Egg Positive Rates of Enterobius vermicularis among Preschool Children in Three Korean Localities
title_sort comparison of egg positive rates of enterobius vermicularis among preschool children in three korean localities
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3279687/
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