| intestinal parasitic infections in pre-school children in the niger delta. | stool specimens from 1,062 pre-school children in the niger delta were examined for the presence of intestinal parasites. of that number, 77.6% harboured one or more than one species of intestinal parasites. ascaris lumbricoides (51.9%) and trichuris trichiura (41.7%) were the most prevalent species recorded. other parasites harboured by these children included hymenolepis sp. (18.3%), giardia lamblia (9.2%), entamoeba histolytica (4.6%), strongyloides stercoralis (1.4%). hookworm, taenia sp., i ... | 1986 | 3701056 |
| pattern of infection of intestinal parasites in sagbama community of the niger delta, nigeria. | a parasitology survey was conducted in sagbama community of the niger delta to determine the pattern of infection of intestinal parasites of man. 280 faecal samples were collected from randomly selected individuals and examined microscopically for ova, larvae and cysts of intestinal parasites. the overall infection rate was 33.6%. the frequency of the parasites encountered was as follows: ascaris lumbricoides (18.2%). entamoeba histolytica (6.4%). hookworm (5.4%). trichuris trichiura (3.5%), str ... | 1995 | 7626531 |
| comparative helminth infections of man in two rural communities of the niger delta, nigeria. | the intestinal parasitic helminth infections of man in bonny and isiokpo communities were studied between may 1992 and march 1994. of the 2008 stool samples examined from bonny community, 503 (25.0%) were infected. 305 (26.7%) of these infections were males while 198 (22.9%) were females. ascaris lumbricoides (24.1%) occurred most frequently, followed by hookworms (18.0%), trichuris trichiura (17.3%,) strongyloides stercoralis (10.1%) and enterobius vermicularis (0.1%). peak infection (41.7%) wa ... | 1997 | 9473959 |