Publications

[anemia in a population from an endemic area of malaria, rondônia (brazil)].	with the purpose of describing the prevalence rate of anaemia among inhabitants of a malaria endemic area--candeias district, a periurban locality near porto velho, in rondônia state, brazilian amazon basin--a random population sample comprehending 1,068 individuals of all age groups (14.1% of the total population) was screened for anaemia (measurement of blood haemoglobin concentration) and malaria (giemsa-stained thick-smear microscopy). two-hundred and ninety-nine individuals (28.0% of the sa ...	1992	1342496
intestinal parasites among karitiana indians from rondônia state, brazil.	gravity sedimentation parasitological examinations were performed in stool samples from 111 karitiana indians from rondônia state, brazilian amazon basin. intestinal parasites were found in 43 samples (38.7%). ascaris lumbricoides was the most prevalent helminth species (18.9%). egg counts in samples positive for ascaris suggested an overdispersed distribution of worm burdens in the host population. age-distribution pattern of intestinal parasites among karitiana indians was found to be rather u ...	1992	1342074