| the relative importance of various enteropathogens as a cause of diarrhoea in hospitalized children in chiang mai, thailand. | a study of 208 children aged under 15 hospitalized with diarrhea and 108 matched controls was conducted at chiang mai university hospital, chiang mai, thailand from may 1983 to april 1984 to investigate the incidence, seasonal distribution, and causative agents of diarrhea. 1 or more enteropathogens were isolated from 121 (58%) diarrhea patients and from 32 (30%) controls. in diarrhea patients, shigella spp. were most frequently isolated (22%) followed by enteropathogenic escherichia coli (epe ... | 1986 | 3794260 |
| prevalence of giardiasis and genotypic characterization of giardia duodenalis in hilltribe children, northern thailand. | a cross-sectional study was performed to determine the prevalence of giardiasis in hilltribe children of 2 different remote districts (mae-chaem and hod), chiang mai, northern thailand from november 2006-april 2007. the overall prevalence of giardiasis was 5.2%. genetic characterization of giardia duodenalis isolated from these children was performed using pcr methods specific for small subunit ribosomal rrna (ssu-rrna) and glutamate dehydrogenase (gdh) gene. this study shows that the distributi ... | 2012 | 23018495 |
| intestinal parasitic infections in hill-tribe schoolchildren in chiang mai, northern thailand. | we surveyed intestinal parasitic infections in hill-tribe schoolchildren residing permanently in chiang mai province. the positive rate, of 403 stool specimens examined using the formalin-ether sedimentation technique, was 48.9%. no significant difference between male (50.8%) and female (47.1%) students was found for the infection. the most common protozoa was entamoeba coli (40.9%), followed by giardia lamblia (14.9%). the most common helminth was hookworm (13.4%), followed by ascaris lumbricoi ... | 2003 | 19230577 |
| prevalence of parasitism among students of the karen hill-tribe in mae chame district, chiang mai province, thailand. | infection caused by intestinal parasites is still a common health problem in a poor-hygiene population especially for children in developing countries. a cross-sectional study was conducted among 781 karen students (age: 3 to 19, males: 325, females: 456) to determine the current status of intestinal parasitic infections in a mountainous area in the north of thailand. the study was drawn from three schools in the doi inthanon region, in mae chame district of chiang mai province, from december 20 ... | 2004 | 16083202 |