| gut parasites in hiv-seropositive zambian adults with diarrhoea. | we undertook a nine month study to define the frequency of parasitic infections in adults with diarrhoea presenting at the medical filter clinic and the dermatovenereology clinic of the university teaching hospital in lusaka, zambia. a total of 287 patients with diarrhoea were enrolled in the study; 130 from the adult medicine filter clinic recruitment consulting room and 157 patients from the dermatovenereology clinic. of 130 patients from the adult filter clinic, 85 (65%) were hiv-seropositive ... | 1994 | 7835260 |
| the effect of iron and multi-micronutrient supplementation on ascaris lumbricoides reinfection among zambian schoolchildren. | a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial was conducted among schoolchildren in chawama, lusaka, zambia, to determine the effect of iron and multi-micronutrients on reinfection with ascaris lumbricoides. supplementation was given on every school day for 10 months. baseline a. lumbricoides prevalence and geometric mean intensity among positives were 43.4% and 2526 eggs per gram (epg) faeces, respectively. serum ferritin <12microg/l was associated with higher egg counts than serum ferri ... | 2009 | 18937957 |
| effects of iron and multimicronutrient supplementation on geophagy: a two-by-two factorial study among zambian schoolchildren in lusaka. | geophagy has been associated with iron deficiency and anaemia, but no causal relationship has been established. to clarify this, we conducted a two-by-two factorial randomised, controlled trial on the effect of iron and multimicronutrient supplementation on geophagy in zambian schoolchildren in lusaka, from february to december 2001. of the 406 children, 212 (52.2%) were girls and the mean (range) age was 10.2 (7-15) years. geophagy was reported by 302 (74.4%) and more often in girls than in boy ... | 2004 | 15049460 |
| prevalence and predictors of intestinal helminth infections among human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected adults in an urban african setting. | sub-saharan africa is disproportionately burdened by intestinal helminth and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-1 infection. recent evidence suggests detrimental immunologic effects from concomitant infection with the two pathogens. few studies, however, have assessed the prevalence of and predictors for intestinal helminth infection among hiv-1-infected adults in urban african settings where hiv infection rates are highest. we collected and analyzed sociodemographic and parasitologic data from ... | 2005 | 16222025 |