| a study of the microfilarial periodicity at bireuen, the type locality of brugia malayi. | a field study was conducted in august 1974 at bireuen, indonesia, at the type locality of brugia malayi from where the parasite was first described by lichtenstein (1927) and brug (1927), in order to determine the pattern of the microfilarial periodicity. from the results, it has been demonstrated that both the microfilariae of b. malayi as well as those of w. bancrofti in man from bireuen area are the nocturnally periodic form. the microfilaria rates observed in the present survey were much lo ... | 1976 | 1025738 |
| intestinal and blood parasites of man in bireuen and takengon, aceh province, sumatra, indonesia. | a survey for blood and intestinal parasites was carried out in aceh province of north sumatra, indonesia. a total of 348 stool specimens were obtained from 167 males and 181 females ranging in age from 6 months to 70 years. over 98% of the population sampled were found infected with at least one intestinal parasite. ascaris lumbricoides, trichuris trichiura, hookworm and entamoeba coli, in that order, were the most common parasites detected. other intestinal parasites found less frequently were ... | 1976 | 1030850 |