| copro-molecular identification of infections with hookworm eggs in rural lao pdr. | the prevalence of hookworm eggs in fecal samples, by modified cellophane thick-smear technique, was found to be 30.0% (61/203 samples) in lahanam village, savannakhet province, lao pdr. the hookworm eggs were morphologically heterogeneous, so that identification was confirmed by copro-pcr with specific primers for hookworms and trichostrongylus spp.; 12 samples were positive for necator americanus, 19 for ancylostoma spp., with one mixed infection of both. sequencing of the ancylostoma spp. copr ... | 2010 | 20673938 |
| short report: human trichostrongylus colubriformis infection in a rural village in laos. | in lahanam village, savannakhet province, laos, 125 of 253 villagers (49.4%) were found by fecal examination to harbor hookworm eggs. the eggs were heterogeneous in morphology and size, suggesting infections of mixed nematode species. to confirm the hookworm egg species, on a voluntary basis, 46 hookworm egg-positive participants were treated with albendazole, and post-treatment adult worms were collected from purged fecal samples. the common human hookworm was found in only 3 participants; 1 ca ... | 2011 | 21212201 |