| studies in intestinal parasitic disease agents in stools of people in a rural area of nigeria. | a summary of 300 villagers who reported at the parasitology laboratory of the school of medical laboratory technology (s.m.l.t) vom, plateau state, nigeria was carried out for the presence of parasites' cysts, eggs, or larva. of the 300 faecal samples examined using the light microscope after formal-ether centrifugation, 127 (42.3%) harboured one or more parasites. the parasites identified and their prevalent rates were: entamoeba coli (19.0%) necator americanus (17.0%); entamoeba histolytica (4 ... | 1992 | 1390369 |
| human helminthosis in a rural community of plateau state, nigeria. | urine and faecal samples were obtained from 1,517 people in fier, a typical rural village in plateau state, nigeria, for a parasitological survey among the population. 643 (42.39%) persons were found to be infected with altogether 9 helminths, namely: ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, taenia sp., trichuris trichiura, enterobius vermicularis, schistosoma mansoni, s. haematobium, hymenolepis nana and strongyloides stercoralis. age and religion as opposed to sex, type of sewage system, and type of ho ... | 1992 | 1456465 |