| health status of ethiopian refugees in the united states. | the health status of 239 ethiopian refugees in the united states was evaluated. over 70 per cent were males 15-30 years old. positive ppds (purified protein derivative of tuberculin) were observed in 72 per cent and 3.4 per cent had abnormal chest x-rays. one patient had active tuberculosis. other laboratory abnormalities included: intestinal parasites (36.7 per cent), anemia (14.9 per cent), eosinophilia (14 per cent), positive syphilis serology (7.5 per cent), and hepatitis b surface antigenem ... | 1987 | 3674256 |
| parasitic infection among residents of an institution for mentally retarded persons. | data on occurrence of intestinal parasites among resident and entering populations in a south carolina institution for mentally retarded persons were examined. following an eradication effort in 1973 for trichuris trichiura, the prevalence of this parasite remained below 5 percent for the resident population, with the exception of 1974 and 1975, when small numbers of stool examinations occurred. significantly higher proportions of the entering population, compared to the residents, harbored t. t ... | 1983 | 6837648 |