| excreta disposal facilities and intestinal parasitism in urban africa: preliminary studies in botswana, ghana and zambia. | the relationships between intestinal parasitism and excreta disposal technologies in gaborone (botswana), ndola (zambia) and kumasi (ghana) were investigated. parasitic prevalence and intensity rates amongst groups of urban residents having similar socio-economic status and housing, but different excreta disposal technologies, were compared. in gaborone, there was no evidence of a difference in intestinal parasitism between those using aqua privies and having access to public taps and those in i ... | 1983 | 6636280 |
| prevalence of pathogenic escherichia coli and parasites in infants with diarrhoea in kumasi, ghana. | to determine the relative frequencies and prevalence rates of pathogenic escherichia coli and intestinal parasites in hospitalised infants (0-5 years) in kumasi. | 2004 | 15490707 |
| pesticide and pathogen contamination of vegetables in ghana's urban markets. | the objective of the study was to determine and compare the current level of exposure of the ghanaian urban population to hazardous pesticide and fecal coliform contamination through the consumption of fresh vegetables produced in intensive urban and periurban smallholder agriculture with informal wastewater irrigation. a total of 180 vegetable samples (lettuce, cabbage, and spring onion) were randomly collected under normal purchase conditions from 9 major markets and 12 specialized selling poi ... | 2006 | 16328619 |
| differences in both prevalence and titre of specific immunoglobulin e among children with asthma in affluent and poor communities within a large town in ghana. | background reports from several african countries have noted an increasing prevalence of asthma in areas of extensive urbanization. objective to investigate the relevance of allergen-specific sensitization and body mass index (bmi) to asthma/wheezing and exercise-induced bronchospasm (eib) among children from affluent and poorer communities within a large town in ghana. methods children with physician-diagnosed asthma and/or current wheezing aged 9-16 years (n=99; cases) from three schools with ... | 2011 | 21810123 |