[A parasitologic survey conducted in Touraine (France) in a group of South East Asia refugees (author's transl)]

Med Trop (Mars). 1979 Nov-Dec;39(6):659-63.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Forty refugees (23 from 5 lao families and 17 from 3 cambodian families) previously and routinely treated against intestinal parasites, underwent stools and serum controls: 77 p. 100 had still intestinal parasites but 61 p. 100 had a normal blood cells count without hypereosinophilia. The parasites so detected were: Clonorchis sinensis, Heterophyes heterophyes, Trichuris trichiura, Necator americanus, Strongyloides stercoralis, Giardia intestinals and Entamoeba coli.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Asia, Southeastern / ethnology
  • Clonorchiasis / epidemiology
  • Female
  • France
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parasitic Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Refugees*
  • Serologic Tests
  • Toxoplasmosis / epidemiology