A total of 860 cellotape anal swab specimens from 326 school children of urban area, 243 of rura1 farm village and 291 of rural fishing village was submitted for Enterobius vermicularis egg detection from September through November 1985. Each specimen was collected in the morning. Among the total 860 children's submitting specimens, 316 (36.7 per cent) were positive for E. vermicularis eggs. Of the 326 children in the urban area, E. vermicularis eggs were detected in the 45 (13.8 per cent). This detection rate was lower significantly as compared with 143 (55.6 per cent) of 243 children in the farm village or 136 (46.7 per cent) of 291 children in the fishing village. The egg detection rate in the male children was lower remarkably than that in the female children.
Citations
Citations to this article as recorded by
Enterobius vermicularis Infection among Preschool Children: A 12-Year (2008-2019) Survey in Large Cities and Provinces of the Republic of Korea Hyejoo Shin, Bong-Kwang Jung, Seungwan Ryoo, Sooji Hong, Taehee Chang, Jiyeon Park, Keon Hoon Lee, Jeonggyu Lee, Jae Young Park, Hoo-Gn Jeoung, Jae Hyun Cho, Jong-Yil Chai The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2021; 59(4): 421. CrossRef
Negligible Egg Positive Rate of <i>Enterobius vermicularis</i> and No Detection of Head Lice among Orphanage Children in Busan and Ulsan, Korea (2014) Dong-Hee Kim, Hyun-Mi Son, Sang Hwa Lee, Mi Kyung Park, Shin Ae Kang, Sang Kyun Park, Jun-Ho Choi, Jung Ha Park, Hak-Sun Yu The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2015; 53(4): 497. CrossRef
Egg positive rate of Enterobius vermicularis among preschool children in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea Seokha Kang, Hyeong Kyu Jeon, Keeseon S. Eom, Joong-Ki Park The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2006; 44(3): 247. CrossRef
Infection rates of Enterobius vermtcularis and Clonorchis sinensis of primary school children in Hamyang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do (Province), Korea Bong Jin Kim, Je Wook Yeon, Mee Sun Ock The Korean Journal of Parasitology.2001; 39(4): 323. CrossRef
Status of parasitic infection diagnosed by surgical biopsy in Kwangju and Chollanam-do Jin KIM, Woo Sik CHUNG, Kyu Hyuk CHO The Korean Journal of Parasitology.1994; 32(2): 93. CrossRef
Enterobius gregorii Hugot, 1983 recovered from school children in Kangwon-Do, Korea Y K Ahn, P R Chung, C T Soh The Korean Journal of Parasitology.1992; 30(3): 163. CrossRef
Prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis infection and preventive effects of mass treatment among children in rural and urban areas, and children in orphanages J S Kim, H Y Lee, Y K Ahn The Korean Journal of Parasitology.1991; 29(3): 235. CrossRef
Recent patterns of Enterobius vermicularis infection in some school children, Korea Yong Suk Ryang The Korean Journal of Parasitology.1988; 26(3): 215. CrossRef
Egg detection rates of Enterobius vermicularis in children Won Young Choi, Jae Eul Yoo, Ho Woo Nam, Joong Ho Kim, Uk Hyoun Lee The Korean Journal of Parasitology.1987; 25(2): 181. CrossRef
