| a survey of intestinal parasitism in a community on the pan american highway route in eastern panama. | a survey of intestinal parasitism was conducted at yaviza, a town in eastern panama's province of darien. single stool specimens from 202 persons, representing 11 percent of the town's total population, were examined. in all, 181 (90 per cent) of the specimens examined were found positive for one or more potentially pathogenic parasites. the most common parasite found was trichuris trichiura, which was observed in 80 per cent of the samples. others were ascaris lumbricoides, in 62 per cent of th ... | 1975 | 167889 |
| soil-transmitted helminth infections in school children from cocle province, republic of panama. | a survey was carried out to determine values for the prevalence and intensity of infection of intestinal helminths in children living in cocle province, republic of panama. the data set consisted of the results of microscopic examinations (modified kato katz technique) of stool samples collected in november 1987 from 661 children attending primary schools in 4 communities in the province. the overall prevalences of ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm and trichuris trichiura infections were found to b ... | 1989 | 2594420 |
| intestinal helminthiases in relation to the socioeconomic environment of panamanian children. | a cross-sectional investigation was made into ascariasis and nutritional status in panamanian preschool children from october 1983 to july 1984. within this framework, an analysis was undertaken of possible relationships between a range of intestinal helminthiases and the socioeconomic status of the participants. attention was paid to caregiver's education, parental occupation, family earnings, quality of housing and sanitation in the assessment of socioeconomic status. on this basis, strong ass ... | 1988 | 3347848 |
| ascaris lumbricoides infection in pre-school children from chiriqui province, panama. | an epidemiological survey of intestinal parasitic infections was conducted in a sample of 203 children aged 3-5 years from a semi-urban and a rural community in chiriqui, panama, in 1983-4. on the basis of stool examinations, the prevalences of ascaris lumbricoides, trichuris trichiura, hookworm, giardia intestinalis, entamoeba spp. and strongyloides stercoralis were found to be 27, 34, 14, 15, 5 and 4% respectively. the results from children from the two communities were compared. polyparasitis ... | 1987 | 3696782 |
| assays to detect beta-tubulin codon 200 polymorphism in trichuris trichiura and ascaris lumbricoides. | the soil-transmitted helminths (sth) ascaris lumbricoides and trichuris trichiura are gastrointestinal parasites causing many disabilities to humans, particularly children. the benzimidazole (bz) drugs, albendazole (alb) and mebendazole (mbz), are commonly used for mass treatment for sth. unfortunately, there is concern that increased use of anthelmintics could select for resistant populations of these human parasites. in veterinary parasites, and lately in filarial nematodes, a single amino aci ... | 2009 | 19308251 |