| status of soil transmitted helminthic infections in india--observations on sample surveys using kato-katz technique. | results of surveys conducted in eight different ecologically homogenous zones in the country, using who sampling design methodologies and kato-katz technique are presented in this communication. hilly and coastal areas had high sth prevalence ranging from 34%-36% with total epg ranging from 53,952-4,67,976. apart from this, chitradurga urban area had sth prevalence of 39.6% with epg of 81,792. however, except in few cases, in all these surveyed areas, intensity of sth infection was found to be l ... | 2001 | 12170929 |
| entamoeba histolytica and other parasitic infections in south kanara district, karnataka. | single stool specimens collected from 1,020 apparently healthy people of the south kanara district, were processed for intestinal parasites using three parasitological methods viz. (a) direct smear in physiological saline and d'antoni's iodine, (b) zinc sulfate concentration method and (c) by culture in modified boek and drbolhav medium. of these 781 (76.51 per cent) were found to be infected with parasites. the prevalence of various intestinal parasites was: ascaris lumbricoides (48.33 per cent ... | 1989 | 2559118 |