An epidemiological study of intestinal bilharziasis and roundworm infections in Bafia (Cameroon)
Ripert, C.; Leugueun-Ngougbeou, J.; Same-Ekobo, A.
Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique et de Ses Filiales 75(1): 55-61
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9085 PMID: 7105280 Document Number: 187786
The prevalence of intestinal helminthiasis is measured by means of stool examinations. In Bafia eggs are passed in the feces of 69.1% of the inhabitants for Ascaris lumbricoides, 70.1 % for Trichuris trichiura, 59.6 % for Necator americanus and 14.8% for Enterobius vermicularis. A small focus of intestinal bilharziasis exists in Bafia and eggs of Schistosoma mansoni are found in the feces of 18.6% of the persons studied. Biomphalaria pfeifferi is the intermediate host of the parasite and transmission occurs in the town itself, in the fish-culture pool and in the rivers Guen and Rutop.