TY - JOUR
T1 - Amebiasis in Institutions for the Mentally Retarded in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
AU - Nagakura, Kouichi
AU - Tachibana, Hiroshi
AU - Kaneda, Yoshimasa
AU - Suzuku, Hidekatsu
AU - Sasaoka, Katsushi
AU - Kobayashi, Seiki
AU - Takeuchi, Tsutomu
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - A parasitologic survey of 620 mentally retarded patients, institutionalized in five different facilities in Kanagawa Prefecture, revealed a high incidence (12.6%) of infection with Entamoeba histolytica. A concomitant serologic survey, by the indirect fluorescent antibody test, gave a much higher incidence (26.5%). Moreover, most zymodeme patterns of the amebae isolated from infected individuals were of a pathogenic type (Zymodeme II). Our findings demonstrate that the mentally retarded in Japan, as in the United States, still are plagued by a high rate of amebic infection.
AB - A parasitologic survey of 620 mentally retarded patients, institutionalized in five different facilities in Kanagawa Prefecture, revealed a high incidence (12.6%) of infection with Entamoeba histolytica. A concomitant serologic survey, by the indirect fluorescent antibody test, gave a much higher incidence (26.5%). Moreover, most zymodeme patterns of the amebae isolated from infected individuals were of a pathogenic type (Zymodeme II). Our findings demonstrate that the mentally retarded in Japan, as in the United States, still are plagued by a high rate of amebic infection.
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U2 - 10.7883/yoken1952.43.123
DO - 10.7883/yoken1952.43.123
M3 - Article
C2 - 2277448
AN - SCOPUS:0025163138
SN - 0021-5112
VL - 43
SP - 123
EP - 131
JO - Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology
JF - Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology
IS - 4
ER -