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Title:Intestinal ascariasis in Nigerian children
Author:Agugua, N.E.N.
Year:1983
Periodical:Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
Volume:29
Issue:4
Pages:237-239
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:children
parasitic diseases
External link:http://tropej.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/29/4/237
Abstract:One hundred and fifty children, aged between 1-12 years, with established intestinal ascariasis (roundworm disease), were seen at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, within the four-year period, January 1976 to December 1979. The highest incidence (74 percent) occurred in children aged between 3-7 years. The infestation was rare in the 1-2 year age group (4 percent). The commonest symptom was abdominal colic. Although 26.7 per cent of patients required hospitalization, surgical treatment became necessary in only 5.3 percent. Fig., ref.
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