Intestinal parasite infections in Serbia: Changes over forty years
Abstract
To assess the effects of the measures undertaken to control intestinal parasite infections over the past decades, the results of initial investigations involving 45 settlements in 9 regions throughout Serbia were compared with the ones repeated forty years later in the same areas. Analysis of the results of these studies shows that both the number of species and the infection rates significantly (P lt 0.001) decreased. While in the initial studies an infection rate of above 50% was found for as many as five species in 40 settlements, in the repeated study such an infection rate was found for a single species in a single settlement. The influence of rural vs. urban environment occurred in both studies for all parasites (P lt 0.01), except for Giardia. Therefore, control measures should be continued to achieve the ultimate goal of eradication of intestinal parasite infections.
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Multidisciplinarity for Parasites, Vectors & Parasitic Diseases, Vol 2, 2004, 351-355Publisher:
- Medimond Publishing Co, Bologna
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Institut za medicinska istraživanjaTY - CONF AU - Nikolić, A. AU - Đurković-Đaković, Olgica AU - Bobić, Branko AU - Klun, Ivana PY - 2004 UR - http://rimi.imi.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/101 AB - To assess the effects of the measures undertaken to control intestinal parasite infections over the past decades, the results of initial investigations involving 45 settlements in 9 regions throughout Serbia were compared with the ones repeated forty years later in the same areas. Analysis of the results of these studies shows that both the number of species and the infection rates significantly (P lt 0.001) decreased. While in the initial studies an infection rate of above 50% was found for as many as five species in 40 settlements, in the repeated study such an infection rate was found for a single species in a single settlement. The influence of rural vs. urban environment occurred in both studies for all parasites (P lt 0.01), except for Giardia. Therefore, control measures should be continued to achieve the ultimate goal of eradication of intestinal parasite infections. PB - Medimond Publishing Co, Bologna C3 - Multidisciplinarity for Parasites, Vectors & Parasitic Diseases, Vol 2 T1 - Intestinal parasite infections in Serbia: Changes over forty years EP - 355 SP - 351 UR - conv_1712 ER -
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Nikolić, A., Đurković-Đaković, O., Bobić, B.,& Klun, I.. (2004). Intestinal parasite infections in Serbia: Changes over forty years. in Multidisciplinarity for Parasites, Vectors & Parasitic Diseases, Vol 2 Medimond Publishing Co, Bologna., 351-355. conv_1712
Nikolić A, Đurković-Đaković O, Bobić B, Klun I. Intestinal parasite infections in Serbia: Changes over forty years. in Multidisciplinarity for Parasites, Vectors & Parasitic Diseases, Vol 2. 2004;:351-355. conv_1712 .
Nikolić, A., Đurković-Đaković, Olgica, Bobić, Branko, Klun, Ivana, "Intestinal parasite infections in Serbia: Changes over forty years" in Multidisciplinarity for Parasites, Vectors & Parasitic Diseases, Vol 2 (2004):351-355, conv_1712 .