Cutting J W
Bull Pan Am Health Organ. 1975;9(1):13-8.
A survey of intestinal parasitism was conducted at Yaviza, a town in eastern Panama's Province of Darien. Single stool specimens from 202 persons, representing 11 percent of the town's total population, were examined. In all, 181 (90 per cent) of the specimens examined were found positive for one or more potentially pathogenic parasites. The most common parasite found was Trichuris trichiura, which was observed in 80 per cent of the samples. Others were Ascaris lumbricoides, in 62 per cent of the samples; hookworm, in 41 per cent; Entamoeba histolytica, in 16 per cent; Stronhyloides stercoralis, in 7 per cent; Giardia lamblia, in 5 per cent; and Hymenolepis diminuta, in 0.5 per cent. The aim of the survey was to gather baseline data on parasite prevalence before the Pan American Highway passes through this area. Construction of the highway is producing marked environmental change. in eastern Panama, and it is anticipated that the date from the survey will prove useful in later efforts to assess the health impact of that change.
在巴拿马东部达连省的一个城镇亚维萨开展了一项肠道寄生虫感染情况调查。此次调查检测了来自202人的单份粪便样本，这些人占该城镇总人口的11%。在所有检测的样本中，181份（90%）被发现感染了一种或多种潜在致病性寄生虫。最常见的寄生虫是鞭虫，在80%的样本中被发现。其他寄生虫包括：蛔虫，在62%的样本中被发现；钩虫，在41%的样本中被发现；溶组织内阿米巴，在16%的样本中被发现；粪类圆线虫，在7%的样本中被发现；蓝氏贾第鞭毛虫，在5%的样本中被发现；微小膜壳绦虫，在0.5%的样本中被发现。该调查的目的是在泛美公路穿过该地区之前收集寄生虫感染率的基线数据。公路建设正在给巴拿马东部带来显著的环境变化，预计此次调查的数据将有助于日后评估这一变化对健康的影响。
