Abstract
An epidemiologic survey has been done in November 1987 on 220 children aged from one to four in the Ancien-Fresco island (Côte-d'Ivoire). The results show that 84.5% of the children whose excreta have been examined have parasites. The Ascaridiasis is the helminthiasis the most frequent.
MeSH terms
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Ascaridiasis / epidemiology
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Ascaridiasis / parasitology
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Child, Preschool
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Cote d'Ivoire
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Feces / parasitology
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Female
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Helminthiasis / epidemiology*
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Helminthiasis / parasitology
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Humans
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Infant
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Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / epidemiology*
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Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / parasitology
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Male