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Population biology of hookworms in west Bengal: analysis of numbers of infective larvae recovered from damp pads applied to the soil surface at defaecation sites.

Abstract：

:The aims of this study were to analyze the seasonal distribution of infective larvae on the soil surface, to determine whether numbers of infective larvae near faeces were related to the faecal egg count of individuals, and to relate the distribution of larvae to environmental characteristics. Larvae were recovered from damp pads, applied to the soil surface in an annulus around fresh, identified stools of individuals who were participating in a larger epidemiological study. This provided an estimate of exposure to infection at the time of defaecation. Transmission was restricted to the rainy season and large aggregations of larvae were encountered earlier rather than later in the rainy season. Frequency distributions for the number of larvae extracted from each pad showed a high degree of aggregation, with most monthly counts showing good fits to the negative binomial probability distribution. Despite variations in monthly sampling means, the degree of aggregation in the population of larvae was remarkably stable over the 18 month sampling period (k of negative binomial = 0.01 to 0.08). Estimates of the degree of aggregation of the parasites in the human population were also available, and comparisons suggest that the infective larvae were much more aggregated than the parasitic stages. There was no relationship between the mean daily egg output of individuals and the number of larvae which developed and were recovered from the soil surface near the faeces. Thus, people who contribute large numbers of eggs to the environment are not necessarily those who are the greatest source of infection for others.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

journal_name

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg

journal_title

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors

Hominick WM,Dean CG,Schad GA

doi

10.1016/0035-9203(87)90371-3

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1987-01-01 00:00:00

pages

978-86

issue

eissn

0035-9203

issn

1878-3503

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Population biology of hookworms in west Bengal: analysis of numbers of infective larvae recovered from damp pads applied to the soil surface at defaecation sites.