| relationship of intestinal parasites to the environment and to behavioral factors in children in the bolikhamxay province of lao pdr. | from march to july 1998 the infection rates of 732 children aged below 15 years were assessed. the investigation was conducted in selected villages of the bolikhamxai province in lao pdr. socio-economic conditions and behavioral pattern were studied. the three soil-transmitted helminths, ascaris lumbricoides, trichuris trichiura and hookworm were found with prevalence rates of 67.14, 17.49 and 12.83%, respectively. infection rates with other intestinal parasites were negligible. of the children ... | 2001 | 11485093 |