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Improvements In Physical Fitness Of Kenyan Schoolboys Infected With Hookworm, Trichuris Trichiura And Ascaris Lumbricoides Following A Single Dose Of Albendazole.
(University of Nairobi, 1990-03)
We studied physical fitness with the Harvard step test (HST), in primary schoolboys infected with hookworm (91% baseline prevalence), Trichuris trichiura (94%) and Ascaris lumbricoides (39-40%) who received a single 400 ...
Improvements In Growth Following Iron Supplementation In Young Kenyan School Children.
(University of Nairobi, 1990-05)
The study was conducted to determine whether provision of oral supplementary iron to primary school children in Kenya would improve their growth. Children in the two lowest grades who satisfied study criteria were allocated ...
Physical Fitness, Growth And Appetite Of Kenyan School Boys With Hookworm, Trichuris Trichiura And Ascaris Lumbricoides Infections Are Improved Four Months After A Single Dose Of Albendazole.
(University of Nairobi, 1993-06)
We studied physical fitness with the Harvard Step Test, growth, and appetite in primary school boys infected with hookworm (96% baseline prevalence), Trichuris trichiura (98% prevalence) and Ascaris lumbricoides (41% ...
Physical Activity And Growth Of Kenyan School Children With Hookworm, Trichuris Trichiura And Ascaris Lumbricoides Infections Are Improved After Treatment With Albendazole
(University of Nairobi, 1994-08)
Growth, activity, appetite and intestinal helminth infections were compared for 55 Kenyan primary school children with hookworm (93% prevalence), T. trichiura (84% prevalence) and A. lumbricoides (29% prevalence) before ...
Weight Gain Of Kenyan School Children Infected With Hookworm, Trichuris Trichiura And Ascaris Lumbricoides Is Improved Following Once- Or Twice-yearly Treatment With Albendazole.
(University of Nairobi, 1993-04)
We studied growth in infected children given one dose (600 mg) or two doses of albendazole per school year. Children were examined and allocated at random within sex by descending hookworm egg count to one of three groups: ...
Malnutrition And Parasitic Helminth Infections.
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
The Global Burden of Disease caused by the 3 major intestinal nematodes is an estimated 22.1 million disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) lost for hookworm, 10.5 million for Ascaris lumbricoides, 6.4 million for Trichuris ...
A Comparative Study Of The Nutritional Status, Parasitic Infections And Health Of Male Roadworkers In Four Areas Of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1982)
The nutritional status, parasitic infections and general health of 801 male roadworkers living in four different areas of Kenya, namely, the highlands, coastal lowlands, Lake Victoria basin and the semiarid north-west, ...
Breastfeeding Versus Infant Formula: The Kenyan Case.
(University of Nairobi, 1985-02)
PIP:
An Infant Feeding Practices Study (IFPS) in 1982 in Kenya, which included a cross-sectional survey of a weighted sample of 980 low and middle income Nairobi mothers who had given birth in the previous 18 months, ...
Acrodermatitirelationships Of Schistosoma Haematobium, Hookworm And Malarial Infections And Metrifonate Treatment To Growth Of Kenyan School Children.s Enteropathica: Case Report And Review Of The Literature.
(University of Nairobi, 1985-11)
Relationships of S. haematobium, hookworm and malarial infections to growth 6 months after metrifonate treatment were studied in Kenyan primary school children in an area where poor growth, S. haematobium and hookworm were ...
Treatment With A Single Dose Of Albendazole Improves Growth Of Kenyan Schoolchildren With Hookworm, Trichuris Trichiura, And Ascaris Lumbricoides Infections
(University of Nairobi, 1989-07)
We studied the growth of primary schoolchildren with hookworm (87%), T. trichiura (97%), and A. lumbricoides (49%) who received a single 400 mg dose of albendazole or an identical placebo. Children were allocated at random ...