Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

Skip to main navigation Skip to main content

OPEN ACCESS

Page Path

HOME
BROWSE ARTICLES

Author index detail contents
Hiwon Yoon	1 Article
Status of intestinal helminthic infections of borderline residents in North Korea Shunyu Li, Chenghua Shen, Min-Ho Choi, Young Mee Bae, Hiwon Yoon, Sung-Tae Hong Korean J Parasitol 2006;44(3):265-268. Published online September 20, 2006 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2006.44.3.265 Abstract PDF The present authors investigated intestinal parasitic infections among North Korean residents and refugees in China in 2003. The Kato-Katz method was applied to 236 residents and soldiers in a town on the North Korea-China border and to 46 people at a refugee camp in China. Only eggs of Ascaris and Trichuris were detected, with egg positive rates of 41.1% and 37.6%, respectively. The total egg positive rate was 55.0% and most of those who were egg positive were only lightly infected. Women of 61.2% and men of 53.1% were egg positive. The refugees from rural areas showed higher egg positive rates than those from urban areas. The present investigation confirmed high prevalence of soil-transmitted intestinal helminths in rural borderline areas of North Korea. Citations Citations to this article as recorded by Helminthiases in North Korea: a neglected public health challenge Eunsuk Chang Pathogens and Global Health.2019; 113(6): 256. CrossRef Helminthiasis among North Koreans: a chronic public health challenge. Kee B. Park, Nagi M. Shafik Pathogens and Global Health.2019; 113(6): 255. CrossRef Systematic review of evidence on public health in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea John J Park, Ah-Young Lim, Hyung-Soon Ahn, Andrew I Kim, Soyoung Choi, David HW Oh, Owen Lee-Park, Sharon Y Kim, Sun Jae Jung, Jesse B Bump, Rifat Atun, Hee Young Shin, Kee B Park BMJ Global Health.2019; 4(2): e001133. CrossRef An Analysis of Infectious Disease Research Trends in Medical Journals From North Korea Do-Hyeon Park, Min-Ho Choi, Ah-Young Lim, Hee Young Shin Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health.2018; 51(2): 109. CrossRef North Korean Medical Journals in the Galapagos Sung-Tae Hong Journal of Korean Medical Science.2018;[Epub] CrossRef Infections of Soil-Transmitted Helminth in Refugees from North Korea Young-Il Lee, Min Seo, Suk-Bae Kim The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2018; 56(3): 291. CrossRef Characteristics of Body Composition and Muscle Strength of North Korean Refugees during South Korean Stay Sun Wook Cho, So Hee Lee, Eun Sil Koh, Si Eun Kim, Seok Joong Kim Endocrinology and Metabolism.2015; 30(4): 551. CrossRef Maintaining Health Sector Collaborations between United States Non-Governmental Organizations and North Korea through Innovation and Planning Eugene S. Yim, Ricky Y. Choi, Michael J. VanRooyen Prehospital and Disaster Medicine.2009; 24(3): 153. CrossRef Tissue parasitic helminthiases are prevalent at Cheongjin, North Korea Chenghua Shen, Shunyu Li, Shanzi Zheng, Min-Ho Choi, Young Mee Bae, Sung-Tae Hong The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2007; 45(2): 139. CrossRef Private Wells and Disaster Preparedness N. Fuke Prehospital and Disaster Medicine.2005; 20(S2): S142. CrossRef 8,403 View 80 Download Crossref