caa a22 4500 38639993X CHVBK 20180307112154.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198910 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S003118200005873X doi S003118200005873X pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S003118200005873X The epidemiology of Ascaris lumbricoides and other soil-transmitted helminths in primary school children from Ile-Ife, Nigeria [Elektronische Daten] An epidemiological survey of intestinal helminthiases was conducted on 766 primary school children aged 5-16 years from Ile-Ife, Nigeria. On the basis of stool examinations, the prevalence of Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, hookworm and Strongyloides stercoralis was 88·5, 84·5, 33·1 and 3% respectively. Intensity of infection was measured indirectly by egg counts for each species of helminth and also by counting worms passed after chemotherapy in the case of A. lumbricoides. The influence of host age and sex on infection levels was assessed. Relationships between the intensities of A. lumbricoides, T. trichiura and hookworm in individual children were identified. After anthelmintic treatment with levamisole, the frequency distribution of A. lumbricoides per host and the relationship between parasite fecundity and worm burden were investigated. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Ascaris lumbricoides nationallicence Trichuris trichiura nationallicence hookworm nationallicence Strongyloides stercoralis nationallicence prevalence nationallicence helminthiases nationallicence epidemiology nationallicence Holland Celia V. Department of Zoology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland Asaolu S. O. Department of Zoology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Crompton D. W. T. Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland Stoddart R. C. Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland Macdonald R. Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland Torimiro S. E. A. Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Parasitology Cambridge University Press 99/2(1989-10), 275-285 0031-1820 99:2<275 1989 99 PAR https://doi.org/10.1017/S003118200005873X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S003118200005873X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Holland Celia V. Department of Zoology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Asaolu S. O. Department of Zoology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Crompton D. W. T. Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stoddart R. C. Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Macdonald R. Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Torimiro S. E. A. Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Parasitology Cambridge University Press 99/2(1989-10), 275-285 0031-1820 99:2<275 1989 99 PAR CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge