| opportunistic and non-opportunistic parasites in hiv-positive and negative patients with diarrhoea in tanzania. | a survey on intestinal parasites in a rural area of tanzania revealed the presence of eight protozoa and seven helminths in 287 subjects (81.8%). the prevalence of entamoeba histolytica and ascaris lumbricoides was higher in hiv-negative than in hiv-positive patients (p < 0.01; p < 0.04) (25.1% and 12.5% for e. histolytica; 10.5% and 3.7% for a. lumbricoides). on the other hand, cryptosporidium parvum, isospora belli and strongyloides stercoralis prevalence was higher in hiv-positive than in hiv ... | 1995 | 8525281 |
| prevalence of intestinal parasites in adult patients with enteropathic aids in north-eastern tanzania. | a six month study was conducted in north-eastern tanzania to determine the prevalence of pathogenic intestinal parasites among adult patients with enteropathic aids. a total of 352 patients were recruited of whom 158 (45%) had chronic diarrhoea. of the 352 patients, 123 (35%) had intestinal parasites. of the 123, 77 (62.6%) patients had chronic diarrhoea. the types of parasites detected were cryptosporidium, isospora belli, strongyloides stercoralis, schistosoma mansoni, trichuris, trichiura, as ... | 1996 | 8840602 |
| spatial distribution of soil-transmitted helminths, including strongyloides stercoralis, among children in zanzibar. | a programme periodically distributing anthelminthic drugs to school-aged children for the control of soiltransmitted helminthiasis was launched in zanzibar in the early 1990s. we investigated the spatial distribution of soiltransmitted helminth infections, including strongyloides stercoralis, in 336 children from six districts in unguja, zanzibar, in 2007. one stool sample per child was examined with the kato-katz, koga agar plate and baermann methods. the point prevalence of the different helmi ... | 2008 | 19021108 |
| cholera reveals helminthiasis problem [letter]. | cholera has now lasted for about 6 months in our hilly region in mwanza, tanzania. the heavy rains coupled with the poor sanitary conditions and sewage disposal system have worsened the situation. the pit latrines used by the majority of low-income people are either not adequately and properly used for excreta disposal or they overflow. at our regional referral and consultancy hospital we were, for a period, receiving cholera cases which should have been managed in isolation at other centers. ... | 1998 | 12293742 |
| school-based deworming program yields small improvement in growth of zanzibari school children after one year. | efficacy trials of antihelminthic therapies conducted in africa have reported improvements in children's growth, but nutritional evaluations of large-scale deworming programs are lacking. we evaluated the first-year effect on growth of a school-based deworming program in zanzibar, where growth retardation occurs in school children. children in four primary schools were given thrice-yearly mebendazole (500 mg) and compared with children in four schools that received twice-yearly mebendazole and c ... | 1997 | 9349846 |