[Endemic parasitic epidemiology in the anti-salt dam area of Bignona (Senegal)].

Dakar Med

Service de Parasitologie, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, de Dakar, Sénégal.

Published: January 1993

During the study in the anti-salt dam area in Bignona, we noted that malaria was mesoendemic (IP = 45.2%), with a high transmission during the rainy season. Prevalence rate of schistosomiasis was low. Intestinal parasites were frequent (74.4%). It is to be feared with the putting salt out, the prevalence rate of the parasitic diseases would increase, so it is important to create an unity of follow up.

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[Endemic parasitic epidemiology in the anti-salt dam area of Bignona (Senegal)].

Dakar Med

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Service de Parasitologie, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, de Dakar, Sénégal.

During the study in the anti-salt dam area in Bignona, we noted that malaria was mesoendemic (IP = 45.2%), with a high transmission during the rainy season. Prevalence rate of schistosomiasis was low.

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