| the high prevalence of asymptomatic toxocara infection among schoolchildren in manado, indonesia. | we performed a serological survey of toxocara canis infection in junior high school students from three districts in northern sulawesi. almost all of the 117 subjects from two rural districts near manado allowed dogs in their houses, and there was an 84.6% prevalence of t. canis infection in this group. fifty-three subjects (45.3%) had serum samples with a high titer of specific anti-toxocara antibody. by contrast, 41 students tested in one urban district showed a 12.2% prevalence. to confirm th ... | 2005 | 16610641 |
| challenges for control of taeniasis/cysticercosis in indonesia. | taeniasis/cysticercosis has been reported from several provinces of indonesia: papua (=former irian jaya), bali, north sumatra, east nusa tenggara, south east sulawesi, lampung, north sulawesi, jakarta, west kalimantan, and east java. the highest level of endemicity of taeniasis/cysticercosis has been found in papua. recent surveys in jayawijaya district of papua in 2000 and 2001 showed that 5 of 58 local people (8.6%) harbored the adult tapeworm, taenia solium, whereas 44 of 96 people (45.8%), ... | 2006 | 16380290 |