Infection and re-infection rates of opisthorchiasis in the Water Resource Development Area of Nam Pong Project, Khon Kaen Province, northeast Thailand
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Pathogens and Global Health
- Vol. 78 (6) , 649-656
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00034983.1984.11811877
Abstract
A one-year investigation on re-infection rates of opisthorchiasis was carried out in three villages in the Nam Pong Water Resource Development Project, Thailand. In the two villages where selective population chemotherapy was combined with improvements in sanitation and health education aimed at changing food habits, the mean monthly re-infection rate was 2·0% and the annual cumulative rate was 21·5%. In the third village, where only selective population chemotherapy was carried out, the monthly re-infection rate was 5·0% and the annual cumulative rate was 55·5%. Studies on new infections in initially negative individuals were also carried out in the three villages, with inconclusive results.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- An investigation of the health and nutritional status of the population in the Nam Pong Water Resource Development Project, northeast ThailandPathogens and Global Health, 1981
- Opisthorchis viverrini in Thailand: The Life Cycle and Comparison with O. felineusJournal of Parasitology, 1965