| [intestinal parasitic infections in children in niamey (niger)]. | stools of 1,368 randomly selected children living in niamey (niger) were examined using two different parasitologic methods. one or more pathogenic parasites were recovered in 678 children (49.6%). parasitic infections developed early and increased significantly after the age of two, which is the usual age for weaning. the most common parasitic infections were giardiasis (31.7%) and amebiasis (12.8%). the only commonly recovered helminth was hymenolepis nana (10.8%). this predominance of intesti ... | 1989 | 2624382 |