| epidemiology of human ancylostomiasis among rural villagers in nanlin county (zhongzhou village), anhui province, china: age-associated prevalence, intensity and hookworm species identification. | hookworm infection has traditionally been highly endemic to anhui province, china. zhongzhou village in southwestern anhui was identified as an endemic focus of infection caused by the hookworm ancylostoma duodenale. this species was found to predominate over necator americanus in ratios ranging from 35:1 based on the recovery of third-stage infective larvae (l,) to 21:1 based on the recovery of adult hookworms after anthelmintic chemotherapy. the overall prevalence of ancylostoma infection in z ... | 1999 | 10928362 |
| epidemiology of human ancylostomiasis among rural villagers in nanlin county (zhongzhou village), anhui province, china: ii. seroepidemiological studies of the age relationships of serum antibody levels and infection status. | anti-hookworm antibody serologic responses were measured in residents of an anhui provincial chinese village where ancylostoma duodenale is the predominant hookworm. antibody responses were measured against either soluble infective third-stage larval (l3) or adult antigens. immunoglobulins of the igg class, especially igg4 correlated with both the prevalence and intensity of a. duodenale hookworm infections. in contrast, there was an inverse correlation with igm, but no correlation with iga or i ... | 2000 | 11414422 |