Open AccessIntestinal parasitosis among Southeast Asian immigrants in New Mexico.
Author(s) -
Michael R. Skeels,
L J Nims,
Jim Mann
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.72.1.57
Subject(s) - immigration , southeast asia , medicine , geography , demography , environmental health , ethnology , history , sociology , archaeology
Results of an intestinal parasite survey of 776 Southeast Asian immigrants in New Mexico are presented. Parasites were found in 71.8 per cent of the patients; 44.3 per cent were multiply infected. Twenty different parasites were identified, some of which are not common in the United States.
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