| soil-transmitted nematode infections and mebendazole treatment in mafia island schoolchildren. | in august 2000, a cross-sectional study was performed to assess the prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted nematode infections in schoolchildren on mafia island. hookworm infection was widespread (72.5% prevalence) whereas trichuris trichiura was less prevalent (39.7%) and ascaris lumbricoides was present at a low prevalence (4.2%), mainly in urban areas. in a subsample of the study population, both necator americanus and ancylostoma duodenale were found, although n. americanus was more pr ... | 2002 | 12537633 |