| a survey of gastrointestinal parasites in pigs of the plateau and rivers states, nigeria. | faecal samples were collected from a total of 1,000 pigs from the port harcourt and jos areas of the rivers and plateau states, respectively, between january 1987 and march 1988. in the jos area the parasite incidence was: ascaris suum 53.1%, trichuris suis 8.5%, hyostrongylus rubidus 13.1%, metastrongylus salmi 3.7%, strongyloides ransomi 87.7%, oesophagostomum dentatum 35.1% and eimeria spp. 2.4% while in port harcourt the incidence rate was ascaris suum 10.4%, trichuris suis 47.2%, oesophagos ... | 1990 | 2092354 |
| prevalence of some intestinal helminths in port harcourt university of port harcourt teaching hospital, nigeria. | the prevalence of some intestinal helminths in port harcourt, nigeria was studied over five years period (1987-1991). a total of 7476 patients' stools were examined microscopically. forty-six per cent was infested with either one or more of these helminths in descending order of prevalence: ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, trichuris trichiura and strongyloides stercoralis. there was sex and age variation in infection rates of the infected population. forty-seven per cent of the patients were male ... | 1994 | 7756187 |
| analysis of the prevalence of infection and associations between human gastrointestinal nematodes among different age classes living in the urban and suburban communities of port harcourt, nigeria. | fresh stool samples from 300 subjects presenting at out-patient clinics in two major hospitals in port harcourt were analysed for the prevalence and intensity of gastrointestinal (gi) nematode infections and 85.3% were found to carry at least one of the four species of gi nematodes recognized during the study. the most common species was ascaris lumbricoides (54%), followed by trichuris trichiura (43.7%) and necator americanus (42.7%) and lastly strongyloides stercoralis (33%). peak prevalence f ... | 1996 | 8960202 |