| quantitative assessment of ascaris lumbricoides infection in school children from a slum in visakhapatnam, south india. | an epidemiological study was conducted on 217 school children aged between 7-13 years, from relliveedhi a slum in visakhapatnam, andhra pradesh, south india, during august 1993 to august 1994. the children belonged to a socioeconomically backward community-parental occupation being fishing or waged labor. intensity and prevalence estimations for ascaris lumbricoides were done indirectly by formalin-ethyl-acetate sedimentation technic and directly by worm expulsions following albendazole administ ... | 1999 | 10774672 |
| wastewater quality and the risk of intestinal nematode infection in sewage farming families in hyderabad, india. | use of sewage or wastewater in agriculture is becoming increasingly common as a result of a global water scarcity. intestinal nematode infections have been identified as the main health risk associated with this practice. to protect consumer and farmer health, the world health organization (who) has established an intestinal nematode water quality standard. however, because of a lack of well-designed studies, the validity of this guideline is questioned. this report presents the findings of a st ... | 2008 | 18840745 |
| parasitic contamination of stored water used for drinking/cooking in hyderabad. | a study was undertaken to investigate the parasitic contamination of water in hyderabad city, india. a total of 232 samples of water were collected from different places; social welfare hostels, small restaurants, different households, public places like railway stations, bus depots, street food vendors, hand washings from the food handlers, and vegetable washings from vegetable vendors. of these 232 samples 61 samples indicated the presence of pathogenic parasites which include protozoans (cyst ... | 1995 | 9139396 |
| re-infection estimation of soil-transmitted helminths among slum school children in visakhapatnam, andhra pradesh. | prevalence and intensity study of soil-transmitted helminths was carried out in a primary municipal corporation school in relliveedhi, visakhapatnam, andhra pradesh. all subjects (n = 217) belonged to low socio-economic status with an age distribution of 7-13 years. reinfection study was estimated over a nine month period following treatment with albendazole administered at a single oral dose of 400 mg/child. parasites identified were ascaris lumbricoides, trichuris trichiura and hookworm. post- ... | 1998 | 10810564 |