| prevalence of intestinal parasitoses in relationship to diarrhoea among children in ilorin. | studies on the role of intestinal parasites in diarrhoeal disease in children were carried out among 907 children of one month to 120 months (10 years) of age both at out patients and inpatients in unilorin teaching hospital. the most common intestinal parasites found were ascaris lumbricoides (40.9%), trichuris trichiura (27%), hookworm (10.2%), strongyloides stercoralis (9.7%), e. histolytica (6.3%), trichomona vaginalis (2.8%). taenia saginata (1.7%) and 1.1% of paragonimus westermani, among ... | 1990 | 2268573 |
| the presence of intestinal parasites in selected vegetables from open markets in south western nigeria. | intestinal parasitic infections are among the most common infection worldwide. in recent years there has been an increase in the number of reported cases of food-borne illness linked to fresh vegetables which is a major way in the transmission of intestinal parasites. the study was carried out to determine the level of parasitological contamination of vegetables sold at selected markets in south western nigeria. a total of 120 samples from different vegetables were randomly sampled from major se ... | 2009 | 20499624 |
| high prevalence of plasmodium falciparum and soil-transmitted helminth co-infections in a periurban community in kwara state, nigeria. | prevalence of malaria and soil-transmitted helminth infections, and the burden of disease are enormous in sub-saharan africa. co-infections aggravate the clinical outcome, but are common due to an overlap of endemic areas. a cross-sectional survey was conducted to assess prevalence, intensity of infection and association between malaria and soil-transmitted helminth infections in a typical periurban community in kwara state. fresh blood and faecal samples were examined using thick blood film and ... | 2017 | 28442321 |