| oral fecal parasites and personal hygiene of food handlers in abeokuta, nigeria. | ingestion of infective eggs and cysts of faecal orally transmissible parasites has been linked with the level of environmental and personal hygiene. the possibility of contamination of food with eggs and cysts by infected food vendors has also been recorded. | 2006 | 17140338 |
| intestinal helminthiases and schistosomiasis among school children in an urban center and some rural communities in southwest nigeria. | intestinal helminths and schistosomiasis among school children were investigated in an urban and some rural communities of ogun state, southwest nigeria. fecal samples of 1,059 subjects (524 males, 535 females) aged 3-18 years were examined using direct smear and brine concentration methods between june 2005 and november 2006. the pooled prevalence of infection was 66.2%. ascaris lumbricoides showed the highest prevalence (53.4%) (p < 0.001) followed by hookworms (17.8%), trichuris trichiura (10 ... | 2007 | 17876171 |
| monrate: a descriptive tool for calculation and prediction of re-infection of ascaris lumbricoides (ascaridida: ascarididae). | the study presents an interactive descriptive tool (monrate) for calculating and predicting reinfection rates and time of ascaris lumbricoides following mass chemotherapy. the implementation was based on the theoretical equation published by hayashi in 1977, for time-prevalence: y=g [1-(1-x)(n-r)] as modified by jong-yil in 1983. using the psuedo-code of the monrate tool, the calculated monthly reinfection rates (x) for the lgas are (names are locations in nigeria in a region predominately popul ... | 2007 | 19086380 |
| cryptosporidiosis in ogun state, south-west nigeria. | during the period of one month in the rainy season in ogun state in south-west nigeria 479 stool samples (420 of which were diarrhoea stool samples) were examined for cryptosporidiosis. oocysts were detected in 2.3% of all stools, in 2.6% of diarrhoeal stools and in 5.3% out of 150 children with diarrhoea. cryptosporidium was the sole pathogen detected in six of 11 cases. in addition to cryptosporidia also entamoeba histolytica, blastocystis hominis, giardia lamblia, ascaris lumbricoides, and tr ... | 1987 | 3602839 |
| a survey of gastrointestinal parasites in ogun state, southwest nigeria. | to study the epidemiology of intestinal parasites in ogun state, nigeria, 479 stool specimens were examined at a hospital in abeokuta during the rainy season in june 1986. intestinal helminths and/or protozoa were present in 297 samples (62%). 41.1% of the specimens showed a single infection, 34% showed double, 20% triple and 5% quadruple infection. the most commonly found worm was ascaris lumbricoides (in 40% of specimens), followed by trichuris trichiura (23.2%), hookworms (19.2%), strongyloid ... | 1988 | 3178337 |
| helminthiasis and hygiene conditions of schools in ikenne, ogun state, nigeria. | a study of the helminth infection status of primary-school children and the hygiene condition of schools in ikenne local government area of ogun state, nigeria was undertaken between november 2004 and february 2005 to help guide the development of a school-based health programme. | 2008 | 18357338 |