| intestinal parasitic infections in schoolchildren in a suburban area of hanoi, vietnam. | an epidemiological study on intestinal parasitic infections among schoolchildren in a suburban area of hanoi, vietnam, was conducted. of the 217 schoolchildren involved in this study, 166 (76%) were positive for at least one of nine species of parasite (six helminths and three protozoa). among the helminth parasites, trichuris trichiura (67%) was detected the most frequently followed by ascaris lumbricoides (34%) and hookworm (3%). in the case of protozoan parasites, entamoeba coli (8%) was the ... | 2005 | 16610642 |
| diarrhoeagenic escherichia coli and other causes of childhood diarrhoea: a case-control study in children living in a wastewater-use area in hanoi, vietnam. | a case-control study was conducted to identify the aetiology of diarrhoeal diseases in pre-school children in a suburban area of hanoi where the use of untreated wastewater in agriculture and aquaculture is a common practice. stool specimens and clinical information were collected from 111 pairs of children with diarrhoea and healthy controls. a total of 73 cases (66 %) and 41 controls (36 %) had an enteric pathogen. the pathogens most often associated with diarrhoea were rotavirus (17 % of case ... | 2007 | 17644717 |
| epidemiology and aetiology of diarrhoeal diseases in adults engaged in wastewater-fed agriculture and aquaculture in hanoi, vietnam. | to determine the occurrence of and risk factors for diarrhoea in an adult population exposed to wastewater used for agricultural and aquacultural productions. | 2007 | 18005312 |