| mixed infections in childhood diarrhoea: results of a community study in kiambu district, kenya. | one thousand four hundred and twenty diarrhoea specimens from 846 children aged 0 to 60 months were collected and analysed for bacteria, parasites and rotavirus over a 16 month period, from june 1985 to september 1986 inclusive. the study was conducted in 4 villages situated in kiambu district, kenya. all the specimens were analysed for rotavirus and parasites, including cryptosporidium. the majority of the specimens were analysed for enteropathogenic escherichia coli (epec), shigella, salmonell ... | 1989 | 2606013 |
| drug efficacy of praziquantel and albendazole in school children in mwea division, central province, kenya. | the objective of this research was to assess drug efficacy in school children after mass chemotherapy with praziquantel and albendazole conducted in mwea division, kirinyaga district, central kenya in 2004. in total 2300 children aged between 4 and 18 years in five primary schools were selected for the study. before mass chemotherapy, prevalence of infection was 47.4% for schistosoma mansoni, 16.7% for necator americanus, 1.6% for ascaris lumbricoides, and 0.8% for trichuris trichiura. post-trea ... | 2007 | 17572368 |