Ascaris lumbricoides: reinfection in children bearing an established worm burden

To clarify the existance of reinfection in children bearing an established Ascaris lumbricoides infection, the authors evaluated the weight and the length of worms collected from ten cases of ascaridiasis. The worm burden was greater than 27 worms in nine cases. In seven cases the weight and the len...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fausto E. Lima Pereira, Andrea P. Sampaio, Carlos Musso, Jane S. Castelo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1991-12-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821991000400003&lng=en&tlng=en