GIARDIA-INFECTION AMONG SUBJECTS REVEALED DIARRHEA OR PASSAGE OF SOFT STOOL IN KOCHI PREFECTURE, JAPAN

NORIHITO MORIMOTO; MASATAKA KORENAGA; CHIZU KOMATSU; MASANORI MORITA; SIGEYOSHI SUGIHARA; KOICHI SAIKA; MASAAKI NISHIDA; MASAHIDE SASAKI; YOSHIHISA HASHIGUCHI

doi:10.2149/tmh1973.26.113

GIARDIA-INFECTION AMONG SUBJECTS REVEALED DIARRHEA OR PASSAGE OF SOFT STOOL IN KOCHI PREFECTURE, JAPAN

NORIHITO MORIMOTO, MASATAKA KORENAGA, CHIZU KOMATSU, MASANORI MORITA, SIGEYOSHI SUGIHARA, KOICHI SAIKA, MASAAKI NISHIDA, MASAHIDE SASAKI, YOSHIHISA HASHIGUCHI

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NORIHITO MORIMOTO
Depertment of Clinical Laboratory, Kochi Medical School
MASATAKA KORENAGA
Depertment of Parasitology, Kochi Medical School
CHIZU KOMATSU
Depertment of Clinical Laboratory, Kochi Medical School
MASANORI MORITA
Depertment of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School
SIGEYOSHI SUGIHARA
Depertment of Clinical Laboratory, Kochi Medical School
KOICHI SAIKA
Depertment of Clinical Laboratory, Kochi Medical School
MASAAKI NISHIDA
Depertment of Clinical Laboratory, Kochi Medical School
MASAHIDE SASAKI
Depertment of Clinical Laboratory, Kochi Medical School
Depertment of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kochi Medical School
YOSHIHISA HASHIGUCHI
Depertment of Parasitology, Kochi Medical School

Keywords: Giardia, Giardiasis, Diarrhea, Soft feces, Advanced age group

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1998 Volume 26 Issue 2 Pages 113-116

DOI https://doi.org/10.2149/tmh1973.26.113

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Abstract

Prevalence of Giardia spp. infection was determined among subjects attending Kochi Medical School Hospital from April 1996 to January 1998. Cysts of Giardia spp. were found in 10 (0.6%) out of 1, 702 stool samples examined. Infection rate was higher among aged males. Most of the subjects with Giardia organisms had no history of traveling overseas except 2 cases. Although source of infection was not determined, most of the positive subjects supposed to be infected within the community.

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