| Literature DB >> 8316435 |
R J Quinnell1, A F Slater, P Tighe, E A Walsh, A E Keymer, D I Pritchard.
Abstract
Reinfection with hookworm (Necator americanus) following chemotherapy was studied over 2 years in a rural village in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. The prevalence of hookworm infection had returned to pre-treatment levels after 2 years, and the geometric mean hookworm burden had returned to 58% of the pre-treatment value. The rate of acquisition of adult worms was independent of host age, and was estimated as a geometric mean of 2.9-3.3 worms/host/year (arithmetic mean 7.9-8.9 worms/host/year). There was significant predisposition to hookworm infection; the strength of this predisposition did not vary significantly between age or sex classes.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID： 8316435 DOI： 10.1017/s0031182000067123
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Parasitology ISSN： 0031-1820 Impact factor: 3.234