Journal of Tropical Diseases & Public Health

Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Warmadewa, Bali, Indonesia

Publications

• Review Article   
  Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection among Elementary Schoolchildren in Bali, Indonesia
  Author(s): Putu Sutisna, Nengah Kapti, Made Sudarmaja, Kadek Swastika and Dewa Putu Widjana
  
  Soil-transmitted helminth infection is endemic in Bali, affecting adult people and preschool-age and school-age children. Surveys done during 1979-2000 on different groups of people in urban and rural places of Bali have found quite a high infection prevalence of Ascaris, Trichuris, and hookworm. Surveys carried out during 2002-2010 on elementary school children in rural villages of Badung and Gianyar districts have also found a similar high prevalence of Ascaris, Trichuris, and hookworm. Intensity of infection of Ascaris and Trichuris in elementary schoolchildren was mostly light to moderate, but a portion of the schoolchildren had heavy infection with the two species. A survey done on elementary schoolchildren that were found infected with Ascaris and Trichuris has shown reinfection of Ascaris occurred two months and three months, respectively, after anthelmintic treatment, while re.. View more»
  

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