| prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among inhabitants of tan-nan village, nantou county, taiwan. | the pork infected with cysticerci was sent to our laboratory in june 1971. microscopic examination revealed the infection of cysticercus cellulosae. subsequently, the source of the pork was traced, and the survey of intestinal parasitism was carried out among inhabitants at tan-nan village, hsin-i district, nantou county, taiwan, in august 1973. results obtained only indicated the presence rather than endemic of taeniasis solium in this village. the parasites and infection rates found in the pre ... | 1979 | 397878 |
| [survey of helminthic infections and treatment of taenia species infection among the aborigines in chien-shih district, hsin-chu county, northern taiwan]. | six hundred and sixteen out of 770 (80%) aborigines examined were found to be infected with intestinal helminthes. a total of 7 species of parasites were detected with the formalin-ether concentration technique. the infection rate of ascaris lumbricoides was 77.1%, trichuris trichiura 28.8%, taenia sp. 18.4%, enterobius vermicularis 1.6%, and there was one case each of hookworm, hymenolepis nana and h. diminuta infections. infection rate was slightly higher among females (81.3%) than males (78.9 ... | 1985 | 4042757 |
| treatment of a, lumbricoides with a small dose of pyrantel pamoate (combantrin). | | 1971 | 5157928 |
| a study on ascaris, hookworm and trichuria infections in hsing-chuang cheng. | | 1971 | 5282560 |
| [helminth and pinworm control for primary school and kindergarten children by periodical mass-examination and treatment in suan-yuan district, taipei (author's transl)]. | the mass pre-control survey was done in fall semester 1978 by both methods that kato's thick smear for helminthic infection and cellophane tape perianal swab for pinworm infection. there are about 19,000 primary school children and around 5,000 kindergarten children in suan-yuan district, being the subjects. the helminthic positive rates (%) obtained were 5.18 and 3.81, respectively. the rates for pinworm were found 28.68% former and 29.00% for the latter. drug was given to the egg-positive pers ... | 1982 | 7094685 |
| biliary ascariasis: report of a case. | a 64-year-old female aborigine presented with acute cholangitis and obstructive jaundice for three days. abdominal ultrasonography showed dilatation of the common bile duct, intrahepatic ducts and a linear tubular structure in the common bile duct. duodenoscopy showed a live ascaris protruding through the papilla of vater, which was retracted endoscopically. cholangitis improved dramatically after worm extraction and nasobiliary drainage. endoscopic retrograde cholangiography revealed another wo ... | 1994 | 7920086 |
| imported opisthorchis viverrini and parasite infections from thai labourers in taiwan. | in order to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites among labourers from thailand in taiwan, the stool samples from 1364 thai labourers were examined by the formalin-ether concentration method and 18.0% were found to be infected with one or more parasites. the infection rates of hookworm, opisthorchis viverrini, strongyloides stercoralis, enterobius vermicularis, ascaris lumbricoides, hymenolepis nana, capillaria philippinensis, schistosoma japonicum, echinostoma sp., entamoeba coli, gi ... | 1993 | 8354853 |
| intestinal parasites among the southeast asian laborers in taiwan during 1993-1994. | a large number of foreign laborers are now working in taiwan, the majority coming from southeast asia where parasitic infections are common. since 1992, monitoring the intestinal parasitic infections of these foreigners has been carried out, particularly to prevent the introduction of some of the parasites into taiwan. this paper reports results obtained during the year 1993-1994. | 1996 | 8803301 |
| a survey on the intestinal parasites of the school children in kaohsiung county. | the present study on the prevalence of intestinal parasites infection, from september to december 1999, was conducted among school children in taoyuan hsiang, kaohsiung county. the investigated areas included three (jiannshan, shingjong and taoyuan) primary schools. the overall infection rate in 305 children determined by merthiolate-iodine-formaldehyde concentration method of stools was 17%. four confirmed species of helminthes (ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, trichuris trichiura and hymenolepi ... | 2000 | 11271730 |
| diagnosis of schistosomiasis using recombinant fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase from a formosan strain of schistosoma japonicum. | schistosoma japonicum obtained from taiwan is a zoophilic strain that only infects domestic and small animals. recombinant fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (fbpa) derived from this strain was used as an antigen in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) for the diagnosis of human schistosomiasis. the full-length dna sequence of fbpa was found to be 1092 bp, encoding a protein of 363 amino acid residues, with a molecular mass of 39.6 kda. a total of 120 participants were recruited from chi ... | 2009 | 19079948 |