A survey of Enterobius vermicularis infection among children on western and southern coastal islands of the Republic of Korea

Park, Jae–Gwan; Han, Eun Taek; Kim, Wonhee; Shin, Eun Hee; Guk, Sang-Mee; Kim, Jae Lip; Chai, Jong Yil

doi:10.3347/kjp.2005.43.4.129

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“…Compared to other countries, our present figure was much lower than that reported in Busan City (8.9%, 13/146) [11], Chungchongnamdo (14.8%, 28/189) [12], and Cheongju City (13.4%, 75/561) [13], Korea, and also in southeastern Estonia (24.4%, 233/954) [14]. In the present study, the E. vermicularis infection rate was found to be higher among boys (0.67%, 17/2,537) than in girls (0.55%, 10/1,812), but the difference was not significant ( 2 = 0.399, P = 0.62) ( Table 1).…”

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Prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis Infection among Preschool Children in Kindergartens of Taipei City, Taiwan in 2008

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Prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis Infection among Preschool Children in Kindergartens of Taipei City, Taiwan in 2008

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“…This finding is in accordance with reports which have been conducted in different areas of Iran including Semnan (8.1 %), Sari and Babol (7.3 %). These results were more than prevalence of enterobiasis in Urmia Enterobius vermicularis infection among children on western and southern coastal islands of the Republic of Korea was reported 18.5 % (Park et al 2005). In Argentina, the prevalence of E. vermicularis in preschool children was shown 43.4 % (Guignard and Freye 2000).…”

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“…Direct contamination from anus to fingers that normally happens in children is a common mode of infection. Besides, inhalation of eggs is considered another route of infection (Park et al 2005).…”

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Prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis amongst kindergartens and preschool children in Mazandaran Province, North of Iran

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Mahdavi

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J Parasit Dis

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Enterobiasis (oxyuriasis) is probably the most common helminth, which infects humans. Amongst different age groups, prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis in children is high compared to adults. Oxyuriasis is one of the most significant parasitic diseases of children. This nematode in children can result in loss of appetite, insomnia, grinding of the teeth, restlessness, endometritis, abdominal cramps, diarrhea and etc. Due to important complications of this parasite, the objective of the current study was to determine the prevalence of enterobiasis in kindergarten and preschool children of Amol, Mazandaran Province, North of Iran. A total number of 462 children from 32 kindergartens of Amol were examined for the prevalence of E. vermicularis infection, 2013. Adhesive cello-tape anal swab method was trained to parents for sampling. In addition, a questionnaire was designed and filled out to collect demographic information for each individual. Data were analyzed using Chi square test and multivariate logistic regression for each risk factor. The overall prevalence of E.vermicularis infection was 7.1 % (33). Although infection with E. vermicularis in girls 7.9 % was higher compared to boys 6.3 %, there was no significant difference between gender and age (p [ 0.05) whereas binary logistic regression showed significant difference between enterobiasis and age (p \ 0.05). The findings indicated that the prevalence of E. vermicularis in kindergarten and preschool children is relatively high and still is an important health problem and should not be underestimated due to being highly contagious infection. Therefore, educational programs and mass treatment should be carried out in order to reduce infection incidence in this area and regular parasitological test and attention to personal hygiene in kindergarten and preschool is of great importance.

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“…The egg positive rate of E. vermicularis was 0.6% in the general population, according to a nationwide survey of intestinal parasites conducted in 2004 by The Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea, and Korea Association of Health Promotion. Nevertheless, in primary school children, a relatively high eggpositive rate (from 7.8% to 18.5%) has been reported in both urban and rural areas of Korea [5][6][7]. Since 2004, however, we have not found any literature about the prevalence of enterobiasis in Korea, especially there have been no reports on the infection rates of E. vermicularis in Busan metropolitan city up to now.…”

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Parents' Knowledge about Enterobiasis Might Be One of the Most Important Risk Factors for Enterobiasis in Children

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Abstract:To know the prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis infection and what are the most important risk factors, we evaluated the incidence and risk factors of enterobiasis among children attended in kindergartens in Busan metropolitan city, Republic of Korea. A total of 1,674 children from 21 kindergartens in 11 of 16 autonomous districts of Busan were evaluated for E. vermicularis infection by the cellotape anal swab technique. The overall egg-positive rate for E. vermicularis was 10.7% (179/1,674), and the prevalence of enterobiasis in each kindergarten ranged between 0% and 32.4%. There was an increasing tendency of the egg positive rate according to the population density; the higher the population density communities had, the higher egg-positive rate for E. vermicularis was detected (P = 0.001). Among personal hygiene factors involving children, thumb-sucking (P = 0.036) and fingernail-trimming (P = 0.024) were highly associated with enterobiasis. In addition, taking anthelmintic medications against E. vermicularis infection was strongly associated with enterobiasis (P = 0.014). Moreover, parents' knowledge of enterobiasis was correlated significantly with the incidence of enterobiasis of their children (P = 0.006). In conclusion, we need to consider not only personal hygiene but also parents' knowledge about enterobiasis as a factor in order to develop new strategies for elimination or to complete reduction of enterobiasis in Korea.

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A survey of Enterobius vermicularis infection among children on western and southern coastal islands of the Republic of Korea

Cited by 42 publications

References 16 publications

Prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis Infection among Preschool Children in Kindergartens of Taipei City, Taiwan in 2008

Prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis Infection among Preschool Children in Kindergartens of Taipei City, Taiwan in 2008

Prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis amongst kindergartens and preschool children in Mazandaran Province, North of Iran

Parents' Knowledge about Enterobiasis Might Be One of the Most Important Risk Factors for Enterobiasis in Children

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