status of intestinal parasite infections among children in bat dambang, cambodia. | a survey was conducted to determine the extent of intestinal parasite infection in bat dambang, cambodia in march 2004. a total of 623 fecal specimens was collected from kindergarten and schoolchildren and examined using the formalin-ether sedimentation technique. the overall infection rate of intestinal parasites was 25.7% (boys, 26.2%; girls, 25.1%), and the infection rates of intestinal helminthes by species were as follows: echinostoma sp. 4.8%, hookworm 3.4%, hymenolepis nana 1.3%, and rhab ... | 2004 | 15591838 |