June 2009

Plasmodium and intestinal helminths distribution among pregnant women in the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana

  Parasitic infection during pregnancy is a major cause of anaemia in Africa. Social and environmental risk factors for the transmission of human parasites vary according to geographical location. Knowledge of the geographical distribution of parasitic helminths and malaria parasites is key to any interventional programme. Thus, in August-November 2005, a hospital-based study was conducted on 300 pregnant women...

Author(s): Godwin Fuseini, Dominic Edoh, Bugre Gumah Kalifa and Dave Knight

June 2009

Nematode diversity in a soybean-sugarcane production system in a semi-arid region of Zimbabwe

  This study was done to investigate the nematode diversity in a soybean-sugarcane production system in a semi- arid region of Zimbabwe .Results indicated thatPratylenchus, Helicotylenchus and Scutellonema had the highest populations per 100 cubic centimeters of soil before the planting of soybeans. Pratylenchus andCriconemella were not present after the harvesting of...

Author(s): M. D. Shoko and M. Zhou