| the prevalence of giardia and other intestinal parasites in children, dogs and cats from aboriginal communities in the kimberley. | to determine the prevalence of giardia duodenalis and other intestinal parasites in children, dogs and cats from aboriginal communities in the west kimberley region of western australia. | 1993 | 8450779 |
| failure of pyrantel in treatment of human hookworm infections (ancylostoma duodenale) in the kimberley region of north west australia. | a survey of 108 individuals from a coastal aboriginal community in north western australia revealed that two species of gastrointestinal protozoan parasites (giardia duodenalis--39.8%, entamoeba coli--40.7%) and five gastrointestinal helminths (hymenolepis nana--54.6%, hookworm [ancylostoma duodenale]--30.6%, enterobius vermicularis--6.5%, trichuris trichiura--2.8%, strongyloides stercoralis 1.9%) were present. a total of 29 individuals infected with hookworm were offered treatment with either p ... | 1997 | 9492915 |
| strongyloidiasis is endemic in another australian population group: indochinese immigrants. | the prevalence of antibodies against strongyloides in the serum of newly-arrived indochinese immigrants was determined. sera that had been stored in the state health laboratories, perth, were stratified according to age and sex, then samples were selected at random. two hundred and ninety sera that had been obtained from persons between the ages of one and 69 years were examined by an indirect fluorescent antibody test. five per cent of children who were aged between one and two years gave posit ... | 1987 | 3302635 |
| intestinal parasite infections in western australian aborigines. | giardia intestinalis (15.2%) and hymenolepis nana (20.4%) were the two most frequently reported species in a study of intestinal parasites from 1683 aboriginal people in western australia. concurrent infection with the two species was statistically significant in the 0 to three years age group only (p < 0.01), and it is suggested that in older age groups the presence of one of these parasites may in some way inhibit the development of the other. hymenolepis nana infection was more common in male ... | 1980 | 7453610 |
| cutaneous larva migrans in infants in the adelaide hills. | four infants aged between 8 and 13 months presented between november 2002 and may 2006 with dermatitis of the lower abdomen, perineum or buttocks. all lived in semi-rural properties in the adelaide hills and had not travelled outside south australia. wandering thread-like serpiginous tracks were evident on examination, consistent with a diagnosis of cutaneous larva migrans. no abnormalities were detected on full blood examination, strongyloides stercoralis serology or faecal analysis. treatment ... | 2010 | 21198527 |