Possible effects of Strongyloides fuelleborni-like infections on children in the Karimui area of Simbu Province.
A parasitological survey of 75 children less than 5 years of age from the village of Yuro, 5km south-east of Karimui, revealed that 47 (63%) were infected with the Strongyloides species resembling S. fuelleborni; 42 (56%) were infected with hookworm. Poor compliance with an intervention study of thiabendazole therapy resulted in the abandonment of the proposed follow-up survey. However, with the small number of children who did comply, we found evidence to suggest a link between high Strongyloides egg count and poor nutritional status.
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D000886:Anthropometry; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006725:Hookworm Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010219:Papua New Guinea; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology