A study of intestinal parasites was done among the people who lived within the banana plantation zone of the Melka Sedi Agricultural Enterprise, Awash Valley, Ethiopia in April 1987. The methods of parasite detection were the Ritchie formal ether and the charcoal culture method for hookworm larvae
Fujian province has been known to be endemic for mixed hookworm infection with Ancylostoma duodenale as the predominant species. The infection rate was 50% before 1980. As a result of mass treatment starting from 1980, the infection rate was decreased in most areas. And, infection foci were changed
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