| anthelminthic treatment raises plasma iron levels but does not decrease the acute-phase response in jakarta school children. | the study was conducted to investigate the impact of intestinal helminthiasis and treatment on iron status and acute phase response (apr) among urban indonesian primary school children, aged 8-11 years old. the prevalence of helminthiasis among these children was; ascaris lumbricoides, 81.6%; trichuris trichiura, 88.3%; and mixed infection of a. lumbricoides and t. trichiura, 70.0%. of 120 children enrolled in the investigation, 59 received a single 400 mg dose of albendazole, and 61 received a ... | 1996 | 9253878 |
| the effect of intervention methods on nutritional status and cognitive function of primary school children infected with ascaris lumbricoides. | the prevalence rate of ascariasis in primary school children in northern jakarta, indonesia varies from 60% to 90%. an association between helminthic infection and educational achievement has long been recognized. this study was carried out in the northern part of jakarta among primary school children 6-8 years of age. treatment of ascariasis and health education were used as the interventions. before the interventions, basic data on socioeconomic status, epidemiology, infection with ascaris lum ... | 1998 | 9840600 |
| enteropathogens associated with acute diarrhea in community and hospital patients in jakarta, indonesia. | the prevalence of bacteria, parasite and viral pathogens in 3875 patients with diarrhea in community and hospital settings from march 1997 through august 1999 in jakarta, indonesia was determined using routine bacteriology and molecular assay techniques. bacterial pathogens isolated from hospital patients were, in decreasing frequency, vibrio cholerae o1, shigella flexneri, salmonella spp. and campylobacter jejuni, while s. flexneri, v. cholerae o1, salmonella spp. and c. jejuni were isolated fr ... | 2002 | 12381465 |
| some epidemiological aspects of intestinal parasites in women workers before going abroad. | a study was conducted in jakarta on 903 women workers before going abroad through stool examination by ritchie's technical method. of the women workers studied, 640 subjects (70.87%) were found to be infected with intestinal parasites either helminthes, protozoa or combination. out of those infected, 451 (70.47%) subjects were infected with intestinal helminthes, namely ascaris lumbricoides (38.13%), trichuris trichiura (28.13%), a combination of necator americanus and ancylostoma duodenale (13. ... | 2006 | 17041558 |