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dc.contributor.authorGbakima, A.A-
dc.contributor.authorKonteh, R-
dc.contributor.authorKallon, M-
dc.contributor.authorMansaray, H-
dc.contributor.authorSahr, F-
dc.contributor.authorBah, Z.J-
dc.contributor.authorSpencer, A-
dc.contributor.authorLuckay, A-
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-18T12:03:09Z-
dc.date.available2024-10-18T12:03:09Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.citationAfr J Med Med Sci 2007,36(1):1-9en_US
dc.identifier.issn1116-4077-
dc.identifier.urihttp://adhlui.com.ui.edu.ng/jspui/handle/123456789/3158-
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractDisplacement and refugee camps provide ideal grounds for the transmission of parasites and increase the risk of acute respiratory infections, diarhoea diseases, and intestinal parasitic infection. Cryptosporidium parvum, Giardia lamblia. Entomoeba histolytica, Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm infection; Schistosoma haematobium, S. mansoni and Strongyloides stercoralis are important cosmopolitan intestinal parasites that are common among children, the immunocompromised and displaced populations. Five hundred and eighty-one residents from 5 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camps voluntarily participated in the study by providing stool and urine samples for analysis. The stool specimens were used for the detection of Cryptosporidium specific and Giardia specific antigens by the DMSO modified Acid-Fast and Trichrome-PLUS stain for C. parvum and G lamblia and E. histoyltica respectively. Stool specimens for the demonstration of helminth eggs and larvae were prepared by the modified Kato technique. One hundred and seventy-eight (31%) of the 581 camp residents that submitted samples were children below 10 years of age and were selected because they were screened for various forms of malnutrition. However, the data on C. parvum and G lamblia were included in the analysis for all parasites. More children were positive for G. lamblia (29%) than for C. parvum (10%) and 5% had double infection with both parasites.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCOLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY IF IBADAN, NIGERIAen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCOLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIAen_US
dc.subjectDisplacement campsen_US
dc.subjectintestinal parasitesen_US
dc.subjectSierra Leoneen_US
dc.subjectrespiratory infectionsen_US
dc.titleIntestinal protozoa and intestinal helminthic infections in displacement camps in Sierra Leone.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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