Intestinal parasitic infections in children from Freetown; Sierra Leone

Three hundred and forty-three (343) children living in Freetown had their stools examined for intestinal parasitic infection. The prevalence rates found are Trichuris trichuria 80.5 per cent; Ascaris Lumbricoides 43.4 per cent; Nectar americanus 20.7 per cent; Giardia Intestinalis 4.7 per cent and Schistosoma Mansoni 1 per cent. Several of the children were found to have more than one of the main helminth infection