| non-infantile intussusception. | in europe and north america, most cases of non-infantile intussusception are associated with intestinal neoplasm. at the university college hospital, ibadan, nigeria, the majority of cases of intussusception seen are ileocecocolic and cecocolic types. these are usually not associated with intestinal neoplasm and simple reduction is all that is required.intussusception occurring in other segments of the intestinal tract is found to be associated with intestinal neoplasm, mesenteric lymphadenopath ... | 1979 | 423279 |
| bronchial asthma in nigerian children. | clinical and laboratory studies on bronchial asthma in 200 nigerian children who were seen during a 2 1/2-year period in ibadan are described. contrary to reports that the condition is rare in african children, after pulmonary tuberculosis, asthma is the next most common chronic chest disease in ibadan. while many features of the disease are similar to those seen elsewhere, skin tests indicate that ascaris is the most common antigen associated with asthma, followed by dermatophagoides pteronyssi ... | 1979 | 475428 |
| intestinal parasitic infestation in rural communities: a focus for primary health care in nigeria. | a study carried out in four villages in two local government areas of oyo state in the southwestern part of nigeria, revealed that intestinal helminthiasis is still very prevalent in nigeria. ascaris is the most common helminth encountered and multiple infestation is also quite common. schoolchildren and pre-school children are the greatest sufferers of ascaris, while students and farmers are the greatest target for hookworm. the usefulness of a community-based distribution programme of health s ... | 1989 | 2558560 |
| infectivity with human ascariasis in ibadan oyo state, nigeria. | some of the common foodstuffs that assist in the transmission of ascariasis in ibadan have been determined. the frequency of recovery of ascaris ova in the different food samples examined varied from 9.6% in tomatoes to 25.6% in lettuce leaves. the indiscriminate pollution of ibadan environment with human faeces enables the foodstuff consumed raw to serve as effective sources of heavy ascaris infection which lead to other medical complications. the strategies for the control of ascaris infection ... | 1986 | 3031965 |
| the epidemiology of human intestinal helminthiasis in ibadan, south western nigeria. | an epidemiological survey of human faeces collected from open places in native quarters and from volunteers in modern housing areas was conducted so as to ascertain the intestinal helminth infections in ibadan a town in south western nigeria. out of four hundred and seventy eight stool samples examined between february 1980 and january 1981 in twenty nine localities grouped into 7 zones, ascaris (round worm) trichuris (whip worm) and hookworm were most prevalent. ascaris and hookworms were three ... | 1982 | 7174237 |
| pathogenic intestinal parasites and bacterial agents in solid wastes. | to determine the profile of potentially pathogenic enteric parasites and bacterial agents in municipal refuse dumps in ibadan, nigeria. | 2002 | 12630495 |
| vernal keratoconjunctivitis and intestinal parasitic infestations in black children. | the study aimed at finding out any association between vernal keratoconjunctivitis (vkc) and intestinal worm infestations in black children in nigeria. this is a report of a case-control study of a total of 117 cases of vkc and 198 controls, who were newly presenting to two hospitals in ibadan. the controls were comparable to the cases in many respects. while 67 (57%) of cases admitted to previous passage of worms, 59 (50.5%) children actually had parasitic infestations. of these 59 children, 30 ... | 2005 | 16334499 |
| the presence of intestinal parasites in selected vegetables from open markets in south western nigeria. | intestinal parasitic infections are among the most common infection worldwide. in recent years there has been an increase in the number of reported cases of food-borne illness linked to fresh vegetables which is a major way in the transmission of intestinal parasites. the study was carried out to determine the level of parasitological contamination of vegetables sold at selected markets in south western nigeria. a total of 120 samples from different vegetables were randomly sampled from major se ... | 2009 | 20499624 |
| pattern of mechanical intestinal obstruction in ibadan: a ten year review. | a retrospective review of 232 patients with (mechanical) instestinal obstruction managed at the university college hospital, ibadan over a ten-year period: 1978 to 1987. the leading aetiological factor was obstructed inguinal hernia (45.7%), although its incidence seems to be on the decline. ileo-colic type instussusception was the most prevalent variety (62.8%) with preponderance of the paediatric age group. there is an observed increase in the proportion of obstruction due to tumours. ascaris ... | 2001 | 14510143 |
| targeted anthelminthic treatment of school children: effect of frequency of application on the intensity of ascaris lumbricoides infection in children from rural nigerian villages. | a study to compare the effects of different frequencies of targeted chemotherapy with levamisole (ketrax: jagal pharma, lagos, zeneca pharmaceuticals uk) as an action for the control of ascaris lumbricoides was carried out in 3 communities in rural oyo state, nigeria. the targeted group comprised children, age 5 to 15 years, attending primary school within their village. treatment was provided within the school with the assistance of the school teachers. three frequencies of targeted treatment w ... | 1996 | 8710419 |
| a cost-effectiveness analysis of anthelminthic intervention for community control of soil-transmitted helminth infection: levamisole and ascaris lumbricoides. | a study to compare effects of mass, targeted, and selective chemotherapy with levamisole as an intervention for the control of ascaris lumbricoides was carried out in 3 communities in rural oyo state, nigeria. selective treatment was applied in 1 village by treating the most heavily infected 20% of the inhabitants, targeted treatment in the second village involved children aged 2-15 yr, whereas mass treatment was offered to all inhabitants in the third village, excluding infants under 1 yr and p ... | 1996 | 8691358 |
| age and sex graded helminth infections in a nigerian village. | prevalence of helminth parasites was carried out in both male and female villagers graded into three age groups (5-14 years, 15-25 years, 26-55 years). children between 5 and 14 years of age had the highest prevalence of ascaris, schistosoma haematobium and trichuris while the villagers between 26-55 years of age had lowest prevalence of these parasites. however, hookworms were highly common among the villagers aged between 26 and 55 years and least common among the school children aged between ... | 1995 | 7796748 |
| a study of the incidence of porcine taeniasis and other intestinal parasites in a rural community of south western nigeria. | in the course of an investigation into the incidence of porcine taeniasis among humans and and pigs which live in close contact with each other in a rural town of south-western nigeria, no incidence of the parasite was found. ascaris, strongyle (hookworm in case of humans) and trichuris were the helminths encountered while entamoeba histolytica and entamoeba coli were the common protozoan cysts. polyparasitism was common and a 12 year old boy had salmonella infection concurrently with ascaris an ... | 1983 | 6685713 |
| the prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminthiases in rural communities in southern nigeria. | an investigation of the prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminthiases was undertaken in four villages in oyo state, nigeria. diagnosis was based on examination of stool samples for the presence of helminth ova in all age classes. the prevalence of ascaris lumbriocoides ranged from 61.5-72.2%, of trichuris trichiura from 65-74%, and of hookworm from 52.4-63% depending on the village concerned. intensity, assessed indirectly as the mean eggs per gram of faeces (epg), varied with regar ... | 1992 | 1449276 |