the prevalenee of intestinal helminths was determined by stool examination of the inhabitants of two mountainous areas in the northeast (torghabeh) and northwest (8asmenge) of iran. all members of 20% of the families from 10 villages of torghabeh amounting to 18 i 2 persons, and 10% of families from 23 villages of basmenge to 10 i 7 individuals were chosen by stratified sampling method and were...

because of the establishment of a sewage treatment plant in the city of isfahan in recent years, a study was undertaken to investigate the effect of this system in reducing the high prevalence of helminthiases. samples obtained from various parts of the plant and at different stages of processing were examined and it was found that the eggs of ascaris, trichostrongylus spp. and trichuris are fo...

Successful and sustainable intervention against human helminthiases depends on optimal utilisation of available control measures and development of new tools and strategies, as well as an understanding of the evolutionary implications of prolonged intervention on parasite populations and those of their hosts and vectors. This will depend largely on updated knowledge of relevant and fundamental ...

This review deals with waterborne zoonotic helminths, many of which are opportunistic parasites spreading directly from animals to man or man to animals through water that is either ingested or that contains forms capable of skin penetration. Disease severity ranges from being rapidly fatal to low-grade chronic infections that may be asymptomatic for many years. The most significant zoonotic wa...

the effect of a new anthelmintic compound, leavo-tetramisole, in the mass-treatment of several intestinal helminthes has been evaluated during a study undertaken among the population of the village of zavieh hajian, located about 10 km northwest of dezful, khuzestan.in the autumn of 1972, a total of 83 inhabitants, 65 of whom were simultaneously infected with ascaris, hookworm (ancylostoma) and...

در جریان برنامه تحقیقاتی تحت عنوان بررسی رابطه فولیکول چشمی و هلمنتیازیس، بررسی درباره اپیدمیولوژی کرمهای روده ای در مدارس منطقه روستائی اطلاف تهران انجام گرفته است و بطور خلاصه جمعاً مدفوع 944 نفر دانش آموز دبستانی در 6 مدرسه اطراف تهران مورد آزمایش قرار گرفته و بطور متوسط در 2/81 درصد دانش آموزان آلودگی به کرمهای روده ای مشاهده و در آزمایش نوار اسکاچ 8/70 درصد اکسیور و در آزمایش مدفوع 0/29 درص...

Fascioliasis and other food-borne trematodiases are included in the list of important helminthiases with a great impact on human development. Six plant-borne trematode species have been found to affect humans: Fasciola hepatica, Fasciola gigantica and Fasciolopsis buski (Fasciolidae), Gastrodiscoides hominis (Gastrodiscidae), Watsonius watsoni and Fischoederius elongatus (Paramphistomidae). Whe...

Capacity building in health research generally, and helminthiasis research particularly, is pivotal to the implementation of the research and development agenda for the control and elimination of human helminthiases that has been proposed thematically in the preceding reviews of this collection. Since helminth infections affect human populations particularly in marginalised and low-income regio...