Publications

intestinal parasites in a migrant farmworker population.	three hundred thirty-nine migrant worker women and children were screened by single stool examination for intestinal parasites. infection occurred in 34.2%. giardia lamblia and trichuris trichiura were the most common pathogens; entamoeba coli and endolimax nana were the most common commensals. infants under 1 year of age were free of infection. children between 2 and 5 years old and women between 25 and 35 years old had the highest prevalence. significantly more haitians were infected than mexi ...	1986	3954523
[intestinal helminthiasis in school children in haiti in 2002].	a survey on intestinal helminths in school children was conducted in haiti in 2002. this first nationwide study involving the entire country was stratified by department according to urban and rural zones using the cluster method. focusing on elementary school children (n=5792; age range 3 to 20 years), it involved 26 urban and 49 rural schools randomly selected. stools were preserved in formalin and examined by the ritchie technique. thirty-four per cent of stools (1981/5792) tested positive fo ...	2005	16050381