| intestinal parasites of humans in a highland community of irian jaya, indonesia. | an indigenous, highland community in the oksibil valley of irian jaya, indonesia, was examined on two occasions to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites. overall, 478 subjects from three villages in the study area, about 10% of the available population, were sampled. using a standard, wet-mount technique, 15 different species of parasites were found. hookworm was predominant in all age groups, with prevalences of 51%-86%, followed by ascaris lumbricoides (46%-57%) and trichuris trichi ... | 1996 | 8729627 |
| human cysticercosis and intestinal parasitism amongst the ekari people of irian jaya. | a random sample of 242 people showed that 42 had palpable cysts of taenia solium. faecal examination recovered eggs of t. solium in seven (3%), while trichuris (83%), ascaris (83%), hookworms (76%), strongyloides stercoralis (10%) and strongyloides sp. (29%), entamoeba histolytica (14%), entamoeba coli (22%), entamoeba hartmanni (7%), entamoeba polecki (7%), balantidium coli (9%) and dientamoeba fragilis (21%) were the most common other intestinal parasites encountered. elisa tests, using antige ... | 1987 | 3430662 |