Publication: Socio-economic status and prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in Thai adults residing in and around Bangkok metropolis.
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1990-09-01
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01252208
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Mahidol University
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Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.73, No.9 (1990), 522-525
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P. Pitisuttithum, S. Migasena, A. Juntra, L. Supeeranond, S. Naksrissuk Socio-economic status and prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in Thai adults residing in and around Bangkok metropolis.. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.73, No.9 (1990), 522-525. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/16021
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Socio-economic status and prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in Thai adults residing in and around Bangkok metropolis.
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Socio-economic factors relating to prevalence of intestinal helminthic infections were studied in 189 Thai adults residing in and around Bangkok. Questionaires were used to interview each individual about occupation, income, family occupation, family income and educational level. All participants were subjected to three microscopic stool examinations and to stool cultures for Stronglyoides stercoralis. Of 189, 34 were students (20%), 60 were unemployed (35%), and the remainder were employed in private or public sectors. The overall average personal incomes were low (less than US$ 1,000/year), while 56 per cent of them came from middle class families (US$ 2,000-4,000/year). Regarding the educational level, only 151 persons answered this question. Fourteen (9.3%) did not complete primary school; 20 (13.2%) completed primary school; 97 (64.2%) completed secondary or vocational school and 20 (13.2%) were university graduates. Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection was 25 per cent (47/189) and 23.4 per cent (11/47) of infected individuals had multiple infections. The distribution among them was as follows: strongyloidiasis 30.5 per cent, hookworm 25.5 per cent, giardiasis 23.4 per cent, opistorchiasis 17 per cent, amoebiasis 12.8 per cent, trichuriasis 4.3 per cent, taeniasis 2 per cent and ascariasis 2 per cent. There were no statistical differences in incomes, occupations, family incomes and educational levels between infected and uninfected individuals.