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Volume 30, Number 3—March 2024
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High Prevalence of Echinostoma mekongi Infection in Schoolchildren and Adults, Kandal Province, Cambodia

Bong-Kwang Jung1, Taehee Chang1, Seungwan Ryoo, Sooji Hong, Jeonggyu Lee, Sung-Jong Hong, Woon-Mok Sohn, Virak Khieu, Rekol Huy, and Jong-Yil ChaiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: MediCheck Research Institute, Korea Association of Health Promotion, Seoul, South Korea (B.-K. Jung, S. Ryoo, S. Hong, J. Lee); Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul (T. Chang); Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul (J.-Y. Chai); Convergence Research Center for Insect Vectors, Inchon National University, Incheon, South Korea (S.-J. Hong); Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, South Korea (W.-M. Sohn); National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (V. Khieu, R. Huy)

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Table 1

Results of fecal examinations in study of Echinostoma mekongi infection among schoolchildren and adults in riverside villages along the Mekong River in Kandal Province, Cambodia*

Age group No. examined No. (%) egg-positive cases
Any helminth egg Em Ov Sm Hw Al Tt Ev Hn Taenia sp.
Schoolchildren 1,631 290 (17.8) 253 (15.5) 11 (0.7) 1 (0.1) 8 (0.5) 2 (0.1) 5 (0.3) 10 (0.6) 10 (0.6) 1 (0.1)
Adults 245 20 (8.2) 7 (2.9) 6 (2.4) 1 (0.4) 6 (2.4) 0 0 1 (0.4) 1 (0.4) 0
Total 1,876 310 (16.5) 260 (13.9) 17 (0.9) 2 (0.1) 14 (0.7) 2 (0.1) 5 (0.3) 11 (0.6) 11 (0.6) 1 (0.1)

*Em, Echinostoma mekongi; Ov, Opisthorchis viverrini; Sm, Schistosoma mekongi; Hw, hookworms; Al, Ascaris lumbricoides; Tt, Trichuris trichiura; Ev, Enterobius vermicularis; Hn, Hymenolepis nana.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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