| parasitological and serological studies on amoebiasis and other intestinal parasitic infections in the rural sector around recife, northeast brazil. | parasitological examinations were carried out during july to december, 1989, on 485 inhabitants of four villages in são lourenço da mata, 25 km northwest of recife, pernambuco, brazil. approximately 99.6% of the inhabitants were infected with at least one species of intestinal parasites. a high prevalence of schistosoma mansoni (82.1%), hookworm (80.2%) trichuris trichiura (69.9%), ascaris lumbricoides (61.9%) and entamoeba coli (36.7%) infections were demonstrated. test tube cultivation reveale ... | 1990 | 2135489 |