| epidemiology of human geohelminth infections (ascariasis, trichuriasis and necatoriasis) in lushui and puer counties, yunnan province, china. | between april and june of 1998, the prevalence and intensity of geohelminth infections caused by hookworm, ascaris and trichuris were investigated in two rural yunnan villages. in liuku, a village of lisu indigenous people in lushui county, there was an overall geohelminth prevalence of 72% (48%, 43% and 16% for hookworm infection, ascariasis, and trichuriasis, respectively). the prevalence of ascariasis was greatest among preschool and school aged children, whereas the prevalence of trichuriasi ... | 2000 | 11288999 |
| helminth infections and risk factor analysis among residents in eryuan county, yunnan province, china. | whilst infections with soil-transmitted helminths are common across china, the public-health significance of schistosoma japonicum and food-borne helminths is more focalized. only few studies have investigated the local epidemiology of helminth infections in rural china, including risk factor analysis. we collected stool and blood samples from 3220 individuals, aged 5-88 years, from 35 randomly selected villages in eryuan county, yunnan province, china. stool samples were subjected to the kato-k ... | 2007 | 17719553 |
| extensive multiparasitism in a village of yunnan province, people's republic of china, revealed by a suite of diagnostic methods. | intestinal multiparasitism, the accuracy of different diagnostic techniques, and the influence of sampling effort were studied among 215 individuals in a bulang village, yunnan province, people's republic of china. behavioral, demographic, and socioeconomic data were obtained by questionnaire. multiple stool specimens were examined by the kato-katz, koga agar plate, baermann, and ether-concentration methods. eight helminth and 7 protozoa species were diagnosed. the prevalence of each of the 3 ma ... | 2008 | 18458311 |
| tribendimidine and albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminths, strongyloides stercoralis and taenia spp.: open-label randomized trial. | tribendimidine is an anthelminthic drug with a broad spectrum of activity. in 2004 the drug was approved by chinese authorities for human use. the efficacy of tribendimidine against soil-transmitted helminths (ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, and trichuris trichiura) has been established, and new laboratory investigations point to activity against cestodes and strongyloides ratti. | 2008 | 18923706 |
| [surveillance of soil-transmitted nematode infections in menghai county, yunnan province from 2006 to 2009]. | in the national monitoring point, menghai county, yunnan province, the total prevalence rate of soil-transmitted nematode infections was 88.12%, of which the rates of ascaris lumbricoides, trichuris trichiura, hookworm and cestode infections were 69.70%, 59.79%, 36.79%, and 1.30% respectively from 2006 to 2009. the infection intensities were slight. the ascaris lumbricoides infection rate in soil of vegetable garden was 44.5%. in conclusion, the infection rate of soil-transmitted nematodes is hi ... | 2011 | 22164489 |