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the prevalence of giardia and other intestinal parasites in children, dogs and cats from aboriginal communities in the kimberley.to determine the prevalence of giardia duodenalis and other intestinal parasites in children, dogs and cats from aboriginal communities in the west kimberley region of western australia.19938450779
failure of pyrantel in treatment of human hookworm infections (ancylostoma duodenale) in the kimberley region of north west australia.a survey of 108 individuals from a coastal aboriginal community in north western australia revealed that two species of gastrointestinal protozoan parasites (giardia duodenalis--39.8%, entamoeba coli--40.7%) and five gastrointestinal helminths (hymenolepis nana--54.6%, hookworm [ancylostoma duodenale]--30.6%, enterobius vermicularis--6.5%, trichuris trichiura--2.8%, strongyloides stercoralis 1.9%) were present. a total of 29 individuals infected with hookworm were offered treatment with either p ...19979492915
intestinal parasite infections in western australian aborigines.giardia intestinalis (15.2%) and hymenolepis nana (20.4%) were the two most frequently reported species in a study of intestinal parasites from 1683 aboriginal people in western australia. concurrent infection with the two species was statistically significant in the 0 to three years age group only (p < 0.01), and it is suggested that in older age groups the presence of one of these parasites may in some way inhibit the development of the other. hymenolepis nana infection was more common in male ...19807453610
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