Corpus ID: 12815891

Parasitic infections among Karen in Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand.

@article{Nithikathkul2003ParasiticIA,
  title={Parasitic infections among Karen in Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand.},
  author={C. Nithikathkul and B. Changsap and S. Wannapinyosheep and Naiyana Arnat and Somprathana Kongkham and Rachadaporn Benchawattananon and S. Leemingsawat},
  journal={The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health},
  year={2003},
  volume={34 Suppl 2},
  pages={
          86-9
        }
}

C. Nithikathkul, B. Changsap, +4 authors S. Leemingsawat

Published 2003

Biology, Medicine

The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health

The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of intestinal parasitic and malarial infections during a period of low infection among the residents of remote Karen villages in Thailand. Fifty-five males and 64 females, aged 6 months to 70 years, were examined for malaria by thick blood smears using the Giemsa staining technique. Of the 119 subjects, 4 (3.36%) showed positive for malaria with vivax gametocytes. Results suggested that mass screening was not an effective way for diagnosing… CONTINUE READING

View on PubMed

tm.mahidol.ac.th

Save to Library

Create Alert

Cite

Launch Research Feed