| prevalence of intestinal parasite infections on a national scale among primary schoolchildren in laos. | in order to investigate the epidemiological situation of intestinal parasite infections in laos, parasitological surveys were carried out on a national scale including 17 provinces and the vientiane municipality. a total of 29,846 stool specimens were collected from primary schoolchildren from may 2000 to june 2002 and examined once with the cellophane thick smear technique. the cumulative egg positive rate for intestinal helminths was 61.9%. by species, the rate for ascaris lumbricoides was 34. ... | 2003 | 14574555 |
| prevalence of the intestinal flukes haplorchis taichui and h. yokogawai in a mountainous area of phongsaly province, lao pdr. | phongsaly province, located in the northernmost area of lao pdr, was previously suggested to be endemic for the liver fluke opisthorchis viverrini infection. to confirm, or rule out, this suggestion, the phonxay village in the khoua district, phongsaly province, was selected for a survey. ten volunteers (8 men and 2 women aged 31-57 years) who consumed raw freshwater fish and had gastrointestinal troubles were treated with a single dose of praziquantel (40 mg/kg) and pyrantel pamoate (10 mg/kg) ... | 2010 | 21234239 |