Chlamydial infection in West Virginia.
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Chlamydia Infections↗
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J W Brough
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A survey of intestinal parasites in rural children.
A study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites in a group of rural, economically disadvantaged children. Thirty-four percent of 108 children were found to have a clinically significant parasite. The most common organism was Giardia lamblia (22 percent). Those children with Giardia were significantly (P = .05) smaller than those with negative stool examinations. Even in areas with a low overall prevalence of intestinal parasites, certain high-risk groups may have significant levels of infection.
Ascaris↗
Rubella seroconversion following immunization in a rural practice.
One hundred two consecutive patients with verifiable immunization to rubella were studied in a rural West Virginia county. Hemagglutination Inhibiting (HI) antibody titres, age at immunization, and elapsed time since immunization were recorded. Twenty-three (22.5 percent) had HI titres less than 1:8. There was no statistically significant difference in whether immunization at less than 15 months or more than 15 months of age resulted in a titre of greater than or equal to 1:8. There was no evident change in group proportion of seroconversion with time; either the child initially had a seroconversion with immunization, or he/she did not. A relatively large number of children with verified immunization to rubella do not have a titre currently considered protective to rubella. This does not seem to vary with time since immunization or age at immunization.
Adolescent↗