Intestinal helminth infections in children under 5 years old from Moyamba District Southern Province; Sierra Leone

An epidemiological survey was carried out in May 1990 to determine the prevalence of intestinal helminth infections in children (0-5years) living in the Moyamba District; Southern Province; Sierra Leone. On the basis of nematode eggs and larvae observed during microscopic examination of stools samples obtained from 305 children; evidence for infections with the following species of helminth (per cent prevalence) was obtained : ascaris lumbricoides (28.2); necator americanus (19.3); trichuris trichiura (10.8); strongyloides fuellborni (8.9); strongyloides stercoralis (4.3) and enterobious vermicularis (0.7)

Intestinal helminth infections in mothers and their infants in Sierra Leone

A survey was carried out during August and September 1990 to determine the prevalence of intestinal helminth infections in mothers and their young children from an urban site (Freetown) and a rural site (Alicalia; Nothern Province) in Sierra Leone. Stool samples were examined microscopically by a modified version of the kato katz method. In the mothers the overall prevalences of the species of soil-transmitted helminth detected were ascaris lumbricoides (40.2 per cent); necator americanus (25.9 per cent) and trichuris trichiura (35.4 per cent). [abstract terminated]