| comparative efficacy of single dose anthelmintics in relation to intensity of geohelminth infections. | the efficacy of a single dose of albendazole 400 mg, levamisole 2.5 mg/kg, mebendazole 500 mg, mebendazole 200 mg and pyrantel pamoate 10 mg/kg was evaluated in relation to the intensity of infection of ascaris lumbricoides, necator americanus and trichuris trichiura. the study group comprised 667 3 to 12 year old children from poorer segments of the community. all 5 treatments produced high egg reduction rates ranging from 95.9% to 99.7% and substantial cure rates for ascaris infection; the dif ... | 1991 | 1807845 |
| prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among asian female house keepers in abha district, saudi arabia. | a group of 5,518 female asian house keepers working in abha district of saudi arabia was examined (1990 through 1992) to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections. they came from indonesia, sri lanka, philippines and thailand. fresh stool specimens were obtained in special containers and examined by light microscopy of wet smears in normal saline and lugoll's iodine solution within one hour of collection. the study revealed an overall prevalence of 46.5% which was higher than t ... | 1995 | 8525400 |
| the prevalence and control of soil-transmitted nematode infections among children and women in the plantations in sri lanka. | to determine the prevalence of soil-transmitted nematode infections among children and to assess the magnitude of nematode infections among women in the reproductive age group. | 1996 | 8771940 |
| control of intestinal parasitic infections in seychelles: a comprehensive and sustainable approach. | intestinal parasitic infections have been perceived as a public health problem in seychelles for decades. a comprehensive strategy to reduce morbidity and, in the long term, transmission of intestinal parasites has been implemented successfully since 1993. management of the programme is integrated into the well established primary health care system, with control activities being undertaken through existing health facilities. the strategy is based on periodic chemotherapy of schoolchildren, inte ... | 1996 | 9060217 |
| parasitic infections in pemba island school children. | intestinal helminths, schistosomiasis and malaria have been recognised for decades to be major public health problems in zanzibar, tanzania. during the evaluation of the impact of the zanzibar helminth control programme, baseline parasitological data on 3,605 school children were collected in pemba island. prevalence of intestinal helminth infections was 72%, 94% and 96% for ascaris lumbricoides, trichuris trichiura and hookworm, respectively. thirty one percent of children tested positive for h ... | 1997 | 9337006 |
| [epidemiologic study of the main human intestinal nematodes in the middle west of madagascar]. | an epidemiological study of human intestinal helminthiasis was conducted during july and august 1995, in the middle west of madagascar, with 4571 adults and children ranging from six months to 90 years, in 61 communities between betafo and miandrivazo. faecal examination utilising the mif concentration method revealed that ascariasis was the dominant nematodosis in the middle west with high prevalences in the high-altitude communities. ascaris lumbricoides prevalences increase among children and ... | 1998 | 9559170 |
| soil-transmitted helminth infections among plantation sector schoolchildren in sri lanka: prevalence after ten years of preventive chemotherapy. | the plantation sector in sri lanka lags behind the rest of the country in terms of living conditions and health. in 1992, a sector-wide survey of children aged 3-12 years and women of reproductive age showed >90% prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections. biannual mass de-worming targeting children aged 3-18 years started in 1994 and was continued until 2005. the present study was carried out to assess the status of infection four years after cessation of mass de-worming. | 2011 | 21980549 |
| ascaris lumbricoides intensity in relation to environmental, socioeconomic, and behavioral determinants of exposure to infection in children from southeast madagascar. | ascaris lumbricoides worm counts were examined as the outcome products of exposure proxy variables. a survey of 663 children, 4-10 yr old, living in southeastern madagascar revealed prevalences of 93% for a. lumbricoides, 55% for trichuris trichiura, and 27% for hookworm. worm expulsions were conducted on 428 of these children; the data revealed an overdispersed distribution of a. lumbricoides, with an arithmetic mean of 19.2 worms per child. a concurrent socioeconomic household survey was condu ... | 1998 | 9645843 |
| the epidemiology of ascaris lumbricoides, trichuris trichiura, and hookworm in children in the ranomafana rainforest, madagascar. | an epidemiological study of intestinal nematodes was conducted with 1,292 children, ranging from birth through 11 yr old, living in the ranomafana rainforest of southeast madagascar. fecal examinations revealed prevalences of 78% for ascaris lumbricoides, 38% for trichuris trichiura, 16% for hookworm, and 0.4% for schistosoma mansoni. infection intensity was measured indirectly by fecal egg counts and directly by a. lumbricoides expulsion following treatment with pyrantel pamoate. the mean a. lu ... | 1995 | 7707189 |
| albendazole in the treatment of goehelminth infections in children. | children with mixed helminthic infections between the ages of 2 and 14 years, from a slum area, were treated with two regimes of albendazole. a majority of children had moderate to heavy infections with trichuris trichiura (greater than 70%) and ascaris lumbricoides (greater than 84%). children treated with a single 400 mg dose of albendazole showed a very good response in ascariasis with 100% cure rate irrespective of the severity of infection. in trichuriasis (n = 40), a cure rate of 50% was o ... | 1989 | 2627728 |