The objective of this cross-sectional study was to determine the prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) in children aged 0-25 months and to identify the associated risk factors for Ascaris lumbricoides infections. The study was conducted in three villages outside Ile-Ife, Osun state, Nigeria in May/June 2005. Stool samples (369) were processed by formol-ether concentratio...

Sir,?In The Indian Medical Gazette of August of this year. Colonel Clayton Lane, i.M s , has been kind enough to publish a paper and a letter of criticism on my work on the life-history of Ascaris lumbricoides. Colonel Lane's criticism falls naturally under two heads:? I. That the positive proof of the direct transmission of Ascaris lumbricoides without an intermediate host is complete and abso...

This study examined the effect of the 2 major means of control of Ascaris lumbricoides--chemotherapy and sanitation. About 200 pre-school Caribbean children living in 3 villages with varying sanitation were studied by quantitative stool examination for the presence of the eggs of helminths. Children with Ascaris eggs were treated with piperazine. Over a 2-year period this procedure was repeated...

Ascaris lumbricoides is a specific human helminth and children are predominantly affected. It is a manifestation of low socioeconomic status and poor sanitary hygiene. Infestation by ascaris lumbricoides is very common in Turkey. In areas where ascariasis is prevalent, abdominal complications account for a significant number of admissions to the department of pediatric surgery. We have reported...

biliary ascariasis is a common disease in certain geographical areas of the world. the adult form of the worm usually lives in the human intestine. biliary complications due to ascaris infestation are uncommon but are becoming an important clinical problem, as fatal cases have been reported in the literature. many authors have recommended traditional surgical treatment for removal of the worms....

A case is reported of a woman who lived in a rural area with a chronic illness that consisted of weight loss and abdominal pain in the epigastrium and upper right quadrant. The initial diagnosis was a mass in the liver, which was later, demonstrated, both by direct and histological examination, to be an abscess caused by Ascaris lumbricoides. Eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides and abundant Charcot-Le...

The standard textbooks of clinical pathology and of laboratory technique describe the typical ova of Ascaris lunibricoides as being easily recognized, but all refer to the difficulty in recognizing certain of the ova. The following observation may explain why it is sometimes so difficult to recognize them. When searching for these ova it is convenient to work with relatively thick faecal emulsi...

Ascaris lumbricoides is one of the most common intestinal parasites causing Ascariasis in pre-school children living in under-developed countries with poor sanitation (Schulze et al., 2005; Steinberg et al., 2003). About 30 % of adult and 60-70% children in endemic areas have worm infestation (Khuroo et al., 1989). Most of the cases however, remain asymptomatic, but in cases with high worm burd...