| soil-transmitted helminthiases and health behaviors among schoolchildren and community members in a west-central border area of thailand. | the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthic infections and health behaviors related to infections in schoolchildren and villagers of a community (4 hamlets) was studied in hauy kayeng subdistrict, thong pha phum district, in the north of kanchanaburi province. the intestinal helminth infection rate of the schoolchildren was 15.6%. hookworm infection was the most prominent (9.8%), followed by trichuris trichiura (6.2%), and ascaris lumbricoides (2.2%). the community showed higher prevalence rat ... | 2004 | 15691121 |
| parasitic infections among karen in kanchanaburi province, western thailand. | the purpose of this study was to determine the rate of intestinal parasitic and malarial infections during a period of low infection among the residents of remote karen villages in thailand. fifty-five males and 64 females, aged 6 months to 70 years, were examined for malaria by thick blood smears using the giemsa staining technique. of the 119 subjects, 4 (3.36%) showed positive for malaria with vivax gametocytes. results suggested that mass screening was not an effective way for diagnosing mal ... | 2003 | 19230576 |