biomedical survey in irian jaya (west irian), indonesia. | a biomedical survey was conducted in several areas of irian jaya, indonesia in july 1972 in association with an investigation of reports of a cholera outbreak. stool specimens, blood smears and sera were collected and examined for evidence of parasitic as well as other infectious diseases. a total of 114 stools were examined and the most commonly found intestinal parasites were trichuris trichiura (94%), ascaris lumbricoides (74%), hookworm (58%), entamoeba coli (15%), endolimax nana (8%), entam ... | 1977 | 208184 |
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 |