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A SURVEY OF HUMAN PARASITE INFECTIONS IN LINCHENG TOWN. LINGAO COUNTY, HAINAN PROVINCE

  

  • Received:2017-01-09 Revised:2017-01-09 Online:1991-12-30 Published:2017-01-09

Abstract: A survey of intestinal parasites by fecal examination using iodine direct smear method, Kato-Katz thick smear method, adhesive-tape method and fecal culture was made on 624 local residents of Lin'cheng Town, Lingao County, in the northern region of Hainan Province. Multi-parasitism was found to be as high as 82.1% (430/624). A total of 17 species of intestinal parasites were discovered, of which, Rhabditella axei, Isospora belli, Clonorchis sinensis and Ternidens diminutus, were recorded for the first time in Hainan Province.