| intestinal and blood parasites in the banggai kabupaten, central sulawesi, indonesia. | a survey for blood and intestinal parasites was carried out in the banggai kabupaten central sulawesi, indonesia. a total of 336, stool specimens were obtained from 182 males and 154 females ranging in age from 2 to 90 years. hookworm, trichuris trichiura and ascaris lumbricoides were the most common helminths encountered. schistosoma japonicum was noticeably absent in the population sampled. the following intestingl protozoa were detected: entamoeba coli, e.histolytica, iodamoeba bütschlii, gia ... | 1977 | 607427 |
| malayan filariasis in central sulawesi (celebes), indonesia. | seven villages in central sulawesi were surveyed in september 1971 and finger blood samples from 3,658 persons examined for microfilariae. periodic, nocturnal brugia malayi was endemic in all seven villages with microfilarial rates (mf-rate) of 10-42% (av. 25%). the median microfilarial density (mfd50) averaged 5.4 and varied from 0.8 to 9.4 microfilariae per 20 microliter of blood. males had higher mf-rate and mfd50 value than females and in males mf-rates and mfd50 values increased with age. i ... | 1977 | 614706 |
| anopheles barbirostris (van der wulp) still an efficient vector of brugia malayi in central sulawesi (celebes), indonesia. | | 1976 | 982523 |
| intestinal and blood parasites in the north lore district, central sulawesi, indonesia. | over 1,000 stool specimens from residents of the napu and besoa valleys, central sulawesi, indonesia were examined. schistosoma japonicum was detected in 31% of napu valley residents while in only 2% of the besoa valley residents. hookworm infections were the most frequently encountered helminth parasitisms in both valleys. other helminth parasites encountered were: ascaris lumbricoides, trichuris trichiura, enterobius vermicularis, strongyloides stercoralis, physaloptera sp., diphyllobothrium s ... | 1977 | 335530 |
| detection of dna of nocturnally periodic brugia malayi in night and day blood samples by a polymerase chain reaction-elisa-based method using an internal control dna. | an internal control was used in a polymerase chain reaction (pcr)-elisa-based technique to detect the hha i repeat of the filarial parasite brugia malayi. a single microfilaria added to 200 microl of blood was reliably detected. the assay was evaluated on field samples from persons living in an area endemic for anopheles-transmitted, nocturnally periodic b. malayi in central sulawesi, indonesia. examination of night blood of 138 individuals for the presence of microfilariae by filtration reveale ... | 2000 | 10813487 |
| intestinal and blood parasites in the torro valley, central sulawesi, indonesia. | approximately 300 blood and fecal specimens were examined in a parasitologic survey of indigenous inhabitants of the small isolated torro valley in the mountains of central sulawesi. schistosoma japonicum was not found although the parasite is endemic in the neighboring lindu and napu valleys. hookworm infection (71%) was the most common helminthiasis. the prevalences of ascariasis (3%) and trichuriasis (2%) are low for indonesia in general but similar to those found in nearby mountainous areas ... | 1980 | 7221687 |