[Epidemiological status of human intestinal nematodiasis in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province].

OBJECTIVE

To understand the current epidemiological status of human intestinal nematodiasis.

METHODS

Fresh feces of subjects were collected and the ova of intestinal nematodes were detected by Kato-Katz technique. Enterobius vermicularis was detected by the cellophane anal swab method.

RESULTS

A total of 21 persons were ova positive among the 5666 subjects with 0.37% infection rate, and 51 persons were Enterobius vermicularis positive among 13,713 subjects with 0.37% infection rate. It was deducted that there were about 20,000 people infected with intestinal nematodes in Yangzhou City.

CONCLUSION

There are some people infected with intestinal nematodes. Therefore, health education and surveillance of intestinal nematode infections still need to be strengthened