[An epidemiological study of intestinal bilharziasis and roundworm infections in Bafia (Cameroon)].
The prevalence of intestinal helminthiasis is measured by means of stool examinations. In Bafia eggs are passed in the feces of 69.1% of the inhabitants for Ascaris lumbricoides, 70.1 % for Trichuris trichiura, 59.6 % for Necator americanus and 14.8% for Enterobius vermicularis. A small focus of intestinal bilharziasis exists in Bafia and eggs of Schistosoma mansoni are found in the feces of 18.6% of the persons studied. Biomphalaria pfeifferi is the intermediate host of the parasite and transmission occurs in the town itself, in the fish-culture pool and in the rivers Guen and Rutop.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001200:Ascaris; D002163:Cameroon; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009331:Necator; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014258:Trichuris
Etude épidémiologique de la bilharziose et des nématodoses intestinales à Bafia (Cameroun).