| treatment of intestinal parasites in australian aboriginal children. | five to nine-year-old aboriginal children on mitchell river community maintained a satisfactory growth rate in the presence of multiple infections with intestinal parasites. intensive treatment was successful in eliminating giardia lamblia, entamoeba histolytica, and strongyloides stercoralis infections, but reinfection with g. lamblia was rapid. treatment failed to produce any growth spurt in the group. this may have been due to the rapidity of reinfection, but raises the question of whether in ... | 1976 | 1263912 |
| parasite-specific igg response and peripheral blood eosinophil count following albendazole treatment for presumed chronic strongyloidiasis. | in developed countries, asymptomatic chronic strongyloides stercoralis infection occurs in immigrants from endemic regions of the world. accurate and reliable means of diagnosis and follow-up are required for effective management. the role of s stercoralis enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) in this context was examined. | 2006 | 16553594 |
| undiagnosed and potentially lethal parasite infections among immigrants and refugees in australia. | intestinal parasite infections are a major cause of ill health in many resource-poor countries. this study compares the types and rates of these infections and their risk factors in recently arrived and long-term immigrants in australia. cross-sectional surveys of 127 east african and 234 cambodian immigrants and refugees were undertaken in 2000 and 2002, respectively, to assess the burden of intestinal parasites and collect demographic information. serum samples were assessed for eosinophilia a ... | 2006 | 16884406 |
| strongyloides stercoralis: risks posed to immigrant patients in an australian tertiary referral centre. | strongyloides stercoralis is a nematode human parasite with a global prevalence that is able to maintain a prolonged infestation by means of its autoinfective life cycle. immunosuppression may result in a life-threatening hyperinfection syndrome. recent changes in migration have resulted in the arrival of many immigrants from endemic areas. as to whether physicians are alert to the risks of strongyloidiasis in these patient groups is unclear. the aim of the study was to assess the risks posed by ... | 2006 | 16958639 |