Abstract
Objective To investigate the infection status of pre-school children in Xinxiang city.Methods The method of adhesive cellophane anal swab with round-bottom tube was used to detect the eggs.A total of 994 samples were collected at 7∶30-9∶30 a.m.in 5 kindergartens (3 in suburb,2 in urban) which were chosen at random.Eggs data were collected,the infection rates were calculated and x2 analysis was used for the infection rate comparing.Results The total pinworm infection rate was 4.93％ (49/994).The pinworm infection rate was 4.71％ (25/531) for boys,and 5.18％ (24/463) for girls with no significant difference.The pinworm infection rate of the children in 2-3 years old group was 3.17％(17/536) and 6.99％ (32/458) in 4-6 years old group with significant difference (x2=7.71,P ＜ 0.05).The pinworm infection rate was 5.77％(14/387) in suburb and 3.62％(35/607) in urban with no significant difference.Conclusion The pinworm infection rate of pre-school children in Xinxiang City now is lower than the average level of China.And the pinworm infection rate is closely related with the children ages. Key words: Pre-school children; Pinworm infection; Xinxiang city
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