| intestinal parasitic infections among rural farming communities in eastern sierra leone. | a study carried out in four rural, mainly farming villages in the gorama chiefdom, kono district, eastern sierra leone revealed that intestinal helminth infections are prevalent in this area of sierra leone. out of the 1164 persons of all ages who were examined, 853 (73.5%) proved positive for at least one intestinal helminth infection. ascaris lumbricoides was the most common helminth encountered (37.5%), followed by hookworms, 12.9%; trichuris trichiura, 12.6%; schistosoma mansoni, 5.6%; stron ... | 1995 | 8669401 |