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pared with 64.5 percent for Palau and a much lower percentage of
“19.3 for the Marshall Islands. On the following islands or atolls
less than 5 percent of the stool examinations were positive: Ngulu,
Lib, Aur, Mejit, Likiep, Utirik, Tabal, and Kwajalein. Over 5
percent of the stool examinations were positive on Eauripik. Namorik, Saipan, Elato. Tinian, Kayangel, Faraulep, Woleai, Satawal,
Ifalik, and Lamotrek (table 6).
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Table 6.
Distribution of islands by percent of stools
positice for intestinal parasites
Percent of positive
Btoois
.
Total
Dumber of
islands
Saipan
district
Under &
g
-
2
btod
4
-
-
10 to 4
4
25 to 49
.
Palsu
district
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aarshall
Islands
| district
1
i
7
75 and over
|
~
5
8 to 74
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4
6
4
2
-
-
5
2
2
8
1
The most prevalent intestinal parasites were hookworm, Trichuris
or whipworm. and Ascaris or roundwotm. Hookworm was found
in 23.1 percent of the stools, Trichuris in 22.3 percent, and Ascaris in
17.2 percent. The relative importance of the three species varied
from district to district. In the Satpan district Ascaris had the
greatest prevalence, with Trichuris ranking second and hooxworm
third. The rank order in the Palau district was just the reverse,
while in the Marshall Islands district Trichuris was the most prevalent,
hookworm
ranked
second,
nonexistent (table 7).
Table 7.
and
Ascaris
was
practically
Percentage of positice stools by parasitic
in festatioa
Pereenz pesitive
Parasitic
infestation
«=
Palau
,
district
All parasites
st 4
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Hookworm
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Ascaris
17.2
42
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Trichuris
1208
Baipm
Total
2.3
24
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