Geophagy as a risk factor for geohelminth infections: A longitudinal study of Kenyan primary schoolchildren

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-11

  Geissler, P Wenzel ^a   Mwaniki, David ^b   Thiong'o, Frederick ^c   Friis, Henrik ^d  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Geohelminthiasis; Geophagy; Kenya; Pica; Prevalence; Schoolchildren; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REINFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; SOIL; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; NEMATODA; PICA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 0031883232     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90934-8     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Abrahams, P. W. (1997). Geophagy (soil consumption) and iron supplementation in Uganda. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2, 617-623.
2. Anderson, T. (1995). Ascaris from man in North America: molecular evidence for cross infection. Parasitology, 110, 215-219.
3. Anell, B. & Lagercrantz, S. (1958). Geophagical Customs. Uppsala: Uppsala University, Studia Ethnographica Upsaliensa, no. 17.
4. Bindinger, P., Crompton, D. & Arnold S. (1981). Aspects of intestinal parasitism in villagers from rural peninsular India. Parasitology, 82, 373-380.
5. Coe, M. (1977). The role of termites in the removal of elephant dung in the Tsavo (East) National Park, Kenya. East African Wildlife Journal, 15, 49-55.
6. Chan, M., Medley, G., Jamison, D. & Bundy, D. (1994). The evaluation of potential global morbidity attributable to intestinal nematode infections. Parasitology, 109, 373-387.
7. Foor, W. (1967). Ultrastructural aspects of oocyte development and shell formation in Ascaris lumbricoides. Journal of Parasitology, 53, 1245-1261.
8. Geissler, P. W., Mwaniki, D., Thiongo, F. & Friis, H. (1997). Geophagy among primary school children in Western Kenya. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2, 624-630.
9. Gilles, H. M. (1996). Soil-tranmsitted helminths (Geohelminths). In: Manson's Tropical Diseases, Cook, G. C. (editor). London, W. B. Saunders, pp. 1369-1412.
10. Halsted, J. (1968). Geophagia in man: its nature and nutritional effects. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 21, 1384-1393.
11. Herrick, J. E. & Lal, R. (1996). Dung decomposition and pedoturbation in a seasonally dry tropical pasture. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 23, 177-181.
12. Hladik, C. & Gueguen, L. (1974). Géophagie et nutrition minérale chez les primates sauvages. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, 279, 1393-1396.
13. Holland, C., O'Lorcain, P., Taylor, M. & Kelly, A. (1995). Sero-epidemiology of toxocariasis in school children. Parasitology, 110, 535-545.
14. Huffman, M. A., Gotoh, S., Turner, L. A., Hamai, M. & Yoshida, K. (1997). Seasonal trends in intestinal nematode infection and medicinal plant use among chimpanzees in the Mahale mountains, Tanzania. Primates, 38, 111-125.
15. Mahaney, W. C., Hancock, R. G. V., Aufreiter, S. & Huffman, M. A. (1996). Geochemistry and clay mineralogy of termite mound soil and the role of geophagy in chimpanzees of the Mahale mountains, Tanzania. Primates, 37, 121-134.
16. Marmor, M., Glickmann, L., Shofer, F., Amdurer, L., Rosenberg, C. & Comblatt, B. (1987). Toxocara canis infection of children: epidemiologic and neuropsychologic findings. American Journal of Public Health, 77, 554-559.
17. Mizgajska, H. (1993). The distribution and survival of eggs of Ascaris suum in six different natural soil profiles. Acta Parasitologica, 38, 170-174.
18. Moore, D. F., jr & Sears, D. A. (1994). Pica, iron defiency, and the medical history. American Journal of Medicine, 97, 390-393.
19. Orihel, T. (1970). The helminth parasites of nonhuman primates and man. Laboratory Animal Care, 20, 395-401.
20. Peters, P. A., Warren, K. S. & Mamoud, A. A. F. (1980). Quick Kato smear for field quantification of Schistosoma mansoni eggs. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 29, 217-219.
21. Schulz, S. & Kroeger, A. (1992). Soil contamination with Ascaris lumbricoides eggs as an indicator of environmental hygiene in urban areas of north-east Brazil. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 95, 95-103.
22. Wong, M. S. & Bundy, D. A. P. (1990). Quantitative assessment of contamination of soil by the eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 84, 567-570.
23. Wong, M. S., Bundy, D. A. P. & Golden, M. H. N. (1991). The rate of ingestion of Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura eggs and its relationship to infection in two children's homes in Jamaica. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 85, 89-91.