The use of morbidity questionnaires to identify communities with high prevalence of geohelminth infections in Gondar region, Ethiopia.

In this preliminary study, a total of 8006 schoolchildren (aged 9-19 years) from 77 elementary schools was screened for infection with Ascaris lumbriocoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworms using the Kato-Kata method. A. lumbriocoides was commonly encountered (35.

The epidemiology of schistosomiasis mansoni and soil-transmitted helminths in elementary school children from the South Gondar Zone of the Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia.

In a cross-sectional survey undertaken in 22 communities of 6 districts in the South Gondar Zone of the Amhara National Regional State, 2279 school children had their stools examined for schistosomiasis mansoni and soil-transmitted helminths using the Kato-Katz technique. Overall the prevalence rates were 16.4%, 28.

Comparative prevalences of some common intestinal helminth infections in different altitudinal regions in Ethiopia.

Infection prevalences of Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and the hookworms in school children in several communities of three altitudinal regions in Ethiopia have been analyzed. The prevalence of A. lumbricoides infection was 29% in the highlands, 35% in the temperate areas and 38% in the lowlands.

Elephantiasis in Pawe settlement area: podoconiosis or bancroftian filariasis?

During a pilot trial of animal trypanosomiasis control in 3 villages in Pawe settlement area of Region 6 found in northwest Ethiopia, a high frequency of people with swollen legs/feet was observed. House-to-house search in one of the villages (Village 24) indicated 68 persons, 28 males and 40 females (age ranging from 15 to 69 years) had elephantiasis of one kind or another. Based on the local population census the prevalence of elephantiasis was estimated to be 6%.

Lymphocyte activation and subset redistribution in the peripheral blood in acute malaria illness: distinct gammadelta+ T cell patterns in Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax infections.

Lymphocyte subset distributions and activation in the peripheral blood were studied in 39 patients with acute malaria and 16 healthy controls from Addis Ababa and Nazareth, Ethiopia. As confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), 15 patients were infected with Plasmodium falciparum (Pf), 17 with P. vivax (Pv) and seven were double-infected (Di) with both Pf and Pv.