Intestinal parasitoses and other infections in a college community.
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1991Author
Adungo, NI
Ondijo, SO
Otieno, LS.
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In order to assess the health status of students doing their teaching diploma course at the Siriba Teachers College, Maseno, a study of their blood slides, their stools for ova and cysts and their urine samples for urinary tract infection was carried out. A total of 298 students were investigated: 27 (6%) had intestinal parasites, 96 (32.2%) had urinary tract infection, i.e., pyuria, bacteria and epithelial cells in their urines, most of them being females (55/96 or 57.3%). The peak occurrence of urinary tract infections was in the 22-23 year age group. There were four female students who were found to have Trichomonas vaginalis giving a prevalence rate of 1.3%.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2060482http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/29401
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Adungo NI, Ondijo SO, Otieno LS.6. Intestinal parasitoses and other infections in a college community.East Afr Med J. 1991 Jan;68(1):52-Publisher
Medicine, University of Nairobi
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