| some social aspects of helminthiasis among the people of gumau district, bauchi state, nigeria. | a helminthological study of faecal materials collected from 1037 people from four rural communities in gumau district of bauchi state, nigeria was carried out using a standard diagnostic procedure. the study is the first parasitological survey to be carried out in this rural district. thirty-nine percent of examined persons were infected with helminths. ascaris lumbricoides, schistosoma mansoni, trichuris trichiura, hymenolepis nana, strongyloides stercoralis, taenia sp. and hookworm were encoun ... | 1989 | 2738990 |