| evaluation of a sanitation programme using eggs of ascaris lumbricoides in household yard soils as indicators. | soil samples were analysed for the presence of ascaris lumbricoides eggs as indicators of environmental pollution in household yards in maputo, mozambique, with the objective of evaluating the impact of a programme for the promotion of improved latrine construction. the locations for soil sample collection were defined by a random grid on which household activities were mapped. in addition, parasitological examinations were carried out amongst household residents. no significant difference was f ... | 1989 | 2918573 |
| seroprevalence of anti-cysticercus antibodies among the children living in the urban environs of maputo, mozambique. | blood and faecal samples were collected from 269 children (aged 0-15 years) who lived in the urban environs of maputo, the capital city of mozambique. antibodies against cysticercus cellulosae were detected, at a titre of at least 1:100, in 56 (20.8%) of the blood samples. when the stool samples were checked for taenia solium and other helminths, both as direct smears and after formalin-ether concentration, 180 (67.0%) were found to contain at least one helminth species. the parasites most commo ... | 2003 | 12662420 |
| intestinal parasites in children hospitalized at the central hospital in maputo, mozambique. | intestinal parasites are important contributors to the global disease burden, especially in children of low-income countries. the present study determined the frequency of intestinal parasites in children hospitalized at the diarrhea section of the infectious-contagious diseases ward and at the malnutrition ward of the department of pediatrics of the maputo central hospital in mozambique. | 2014 | 24916879 |