| geostatistical modelling of soil-transmitted helminth infection in cambodia: do socioeconomic factors improve predictions? | soil-transmitted helminth infections are intimately connected with poverty. yet, there is a paucity of using socioeconomic proxies in spatially explicit risk profiling. we compiled household-level socioeconomic data pertaining to sanitation, drinking-water, education and nutrition from readily available demographic and health surveys, multiple indicator cluster surveys and world health surveys for cambodia and aggregated the data at village level. we conducted a systematic review to identify par ... | 2015 | 25205492 |
| high prevalence of opisthorchis viverrini infection in a riparian population in takeo province, cambodia. | opisthorchis viverrini infection was found to be highly prevalent in 3 riverside villages (ang svay chek a, b, and c) of the prey kabas district, takeo province. this area is located in the southern part of cambodia, where the recovery of adult o. viverrini worms was recently reported. from may 2006 until may 2010, fecal examinations were performed on a total of 1,799 villagers using the kato-katz thick smear technique. in the 3 villages, the overall positive rate for helminth eggs ranged from 5 ... | 2012 | 22711932 |
| prevalence of intestinal helminths among inhabitants of cambodia (2006-2011). | in order to investigate the status of intestinal helminthic infections in cambodia, epidemiological surveys were carried out on a national scale, including 19 provinces. a total of 32,201 fecal samples were collected from schoolchildren and adults between 2006 and 2011 and examined once by the kato-katz thick smear technique. the overall egg positive rate of intestinal helminths was 26.2%. the prevalence of hookworms was the highest (9.6%), followed by that of opisthorchis viverrini/minute intes ... | 2014 | 25548418 |