Identification of necator americanus from a community in Bo; Southern Province; Sierra Leone
J. Sierra Leone Med. Dent. Assoc
;
6(2): 44-48, 1992.
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in English
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| ID: biblio-1263323
ABSTRACT
Fifty clinically anaemic children aged 6-9 years old were selected in the Bo; Southern Province; Sierra Leone during April 1990. All had their stools examined for stages of intestinal helminth infections. Twenty-one were judged to be positive for hookworm on the detection of eggs in stools. After treatment with lavemisole; 48 hour stool collections were performed on 15 of the heavily infected children. Adult hookworms were isolated from the specimens of 7 individuals; and preserved in 10 per cent aqueous formalin solution. the worms were later examined microscopically and shown to possess ventral cutting plates; fused and bared spicules; and a bifid nature of the tips of the dorsal rays of the male bursa; confirming their identification as necator americanus
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AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Levamisole
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Necator americanus
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Community Health Services
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Helminthiasis
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Intestinal Diseases
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Necatoriasis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
J. Sierra Leone Med. Dent. Assoc
Year:
1992
Type:
Article
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