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- Title
Seroprevalence of Tissue and Luminal Helminths among Patients in Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Vietnam, 2018.
- Authors
Nguyen Van De; Pham Ngoc Minh; Nguyen Ngoc Bich; Jong-Yil Chai
- Abstract
A serological survey was performed using ELISA to estimate the prevalence of tissue and luminal helminthic infections among hospital patients in Hanoi region, Vietnam. An overall seroprevalence of tissue and luminal helminthiases was 64.0% (95% CI 61.2-66.8) among 1,120 patients who visited Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Vietnam in 2018. The highest seroprevalence was observed against Toxocara spp. (59.0%), followed by Strongyloides stercoralis (46.3%), Gnathostoma spp. (25.5%), cysticercus (12.8%), Angiostrongylus cantonensis (10.5%), Fasciola spp. (11.1%), and Clonorchis sinensis (8.7%). Mono-infection by one species (11.1%) was lower than multiple infections (53.0%) (P<0.05). The seroprevalence in males (59.3%) was lower than in females (66.2%) but not statistically significant (P>0.05). Children (<15 years) revealed lower seroprevalence (34.0%) than adults (68.4%), and the age group 51-70 years revealed the highest seroprevalence (76.0%). Among the seropositive patients, eosinophilia (=8.0%) was noted in 80.2%. The present results suggested active transmission of various tissue and luminal helminths among people in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- Subjects
VIETNAM; HANOI (Vietnam); UNIVERSITY hospitals; CLONORCHIS sinensis; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS cantonensis; HELMINTHIASIS; SEROPREVALENCE; FASCIOLA; HOSPITAL patients; HELMINTHS
- Publication
Korean Journal of Parasitology, 2020, Vol 58, Issue 4, p387
- ISSN
0023-4001
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3347/kjp.2020.58.4.387