in this study oxyuris and ascaris infections alone or in combination were treated with vanapar a combination of pyrvinium pamoate and piperazine administered in two successive daily doses. this resulted in a 100% cure rate of oxyuriasis as well as a substantial reduction in ova count for ascaris, amounting to 97% success rate in achieving ova count reduction. vanapar was highly effective for th...

Aim. This survey study was conducted from April 2014 through March 2015 in Bauchi, Yobe, and Gombe states, northeastern Nigeria, to explore the risk factors associated with the occurrence of gastrointestinal helminthosis among indigenous donkeys (Equus asinus). Materials and Methods. A total of six hundred fresh faecal samples were randomly collected from indigenous donkeys of varying age, sex,...

Agama agama, the agamid rainbow lizard, has been reported to serve as transport and reservoir host to several protozoan and helminth parasites. We randomly sampled 310 specimens between May and July, 2005, at Oyingbo, Lagos, Nigeria (6 degrees 34'60" N-3 degrees 19'59" E and 6 degrees 34'60" N-3 degrees 19'59" E).They harboured four species of nematodes: Strongyluris brevicaudata, Parapharyngod...

Since contamination with intestinal parasites is one of the major health problems in all of the countries including Iran and considering its prevalence in northern Iran, this study was performed to determine the fauna and prevalence for intestinal parasites in Katalum-Sadatmahelleh region of Ramsar. The descriptive and cross-sectional protocol of this study was carried out on 1174 samples of f...

this is the second report of conjunctival sac pinworm infection in the literature. the patient was treated with garlic juice, which was prepared as an eye drop. the first case reported from india was a is year old girl who had pinworm infection of her left eye. she had wonnexpulsion•at night. our case was a 13 year old girl who had worm infestation in both eyes, along with frequent pinworm disc...

XO THE EDITOR OF THE "INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE." Sir,?During the last nine years of my professional career I have met with many cases of fistula-in-auo, and on enquiring into their history and progress have often found that the Oxvuris Yermicularis worms were the cause of the disease. Now as fistula-in-ano is a most distressing affection, and cannot be cured radically without the knife, which man...