| the distribution of helminth infections along the coastal plain of kwazulu-natal province, south africa. | the results of a previous study indicated that, in the province of kwazulu-natal, south africa, necator americanus and strongyloides stercoralis were endemic to the coastal lowlands only. the prevalences of these helminths, as well as those of trichuris trichiura and ascaris lumbricoides, have now been investigated along a 1000-km-long transect through the coastal plain, at altitudes of < 300 m, from the mozambique border (26 degrees 57's) to the border with eastern cape province (30 degrees 53' ... | 1999 | 10715680 |