| ascaris lumbricoides infection in pre-school children from chiriqui province, panama. | an epidemiological survey of intestinal parasitic infections was conducted in a sample of 203 children aged 3-5 years from a semi-urban and a rural community in chiriqui, panama, in 1983-4. on the basis of stool examinations, the prevalences of ascaris lumbricoides, trichuris trichiura, hookworm, giardia intestinalis, entamoeba spp. and strongyloides stercoralis were found to be 27, 34, 14, 15, 5 and 4% respectively. the results from children from the two communities were compared. polyparasitis ... | 1987 | 3696782 |