| helminth infestations in asian women attending an antenatal clinic in england. | asian women attending an antenatal clinic in england were studied to determine the infestation rates with intestinal helminths. an overall rate of 9% was found, rising to 18% in those women resident for less than 7 years. indians had a carriage rate of 3%, pakistanis 7.3% and bangladeshis 45%. species detected were hookworm, whipworm (trichuris trichiura), dwarf tapeworm (hymenolepis nana) and roundworm (ascaris lumbricoides). | 1988 | 3401436 |