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8559595

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-2-27
pubmed:abstractText
Infections with Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and the hookworm species are often found in the same communities and individuals. Hosts infected by more than one species are potentially at risk of morbidity associated with each infection. This paper describes the use of a probabilistic model to predict the prevalence of multiple-species infections in communities for which only overall prevalence data exist. The model is tested against field data, using log-linear analysis, and is found to be more effective at estimating the numbers of multiple infections involving hookworms than those involving only A. lumbicoides and T. trichiura. This latter combination of infections is found, in half the communities examined, to be more common than expected by chance. An age-stratified analysis reveals that the degree of interaction between these two infections does not alter significantly with age in the child age classes of a Malaysian population.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0031-1820
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
111 ( Pt 5)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
645-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Estimating the number of multiple-species geohelminth infections in human communities.
pubmed:affiliation
Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, Department of Biology, London.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't