title: Helminth infestations in Asian women attending an antenatal clinic in England.
abstract: Asian women attending an antenatal clinic in England were studied to determine the infestation rates with intestinal helminths. An overall rate of 9% was found, rising to 18% in those women resident for less than 7 years. Indians had a carriage rate of 3%, Pakistanis 7.3% and Bangladeshis 45%. Species detected were hookworm, whipworm (Trichuris trichiura), dwarf tapeworm (Hymenolepis nana) and roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides).
authors.affiliation: Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Constantine
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arundell
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Finn
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Luesley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000208:ethnology; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D011295:Prenatal Care