James V. Conlan|Boualam Khamlome|Khamphouth Vongxay|Aileen Elliot|Louise Pallant|Banchob Sripa|Stuart D. Blacksell|Stanley G. Fenwick|R.C. Andrew Thompson
Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Laos: A Community-Wide Cross-Sectional Study of Humans and Dogs in a Mass Drug Administration Environment
Murdoch University
conducted community crosssectional survey soiltransmitted helminthiasis humans dogs four provinces northern laos collected tested human dog fecal samples analyzed results sociodemographic data prevalence ascaris lumbricoides trichuris trichiura hookworm strongyloides stercoralis 261 95 confidence interval ci 237284 415 95 ci 388441 463 95 ci 433490 89 95 ci 74104 respectively observed strong heterogeneity helminthiasis ethnicity province wealth status coincided risk profile demonstrating monkhmer persons poorest households highly vulnerable necator americanus dominant hookworm species infecting humans ancylostoma ceylanicum ancylostoma species detected hookworm prevalence village dogs 94 dominant species ceylanicum necator americanus also detected dogs appears dogs role human hookworm transmission warrant investigation