In my lecture to the College of Medical Sciences at the University of Benin last month (Ukoli,
1986), I made bold to propose that the prevalence of parasitic diseases (as well as other …

The pattern of parasitic infections in Nigeria is discussed taking into consideration the status
quo, and factors of change which tend to maintain the present situation rather than …

The significance of sociocultural and behavioural factors in the transmission and control of
parasitic infections has been underestimated. Explanations for this neglect include the …

Human behaviour has been largely neglected in research on the parasitic diseases, in part
because of the long-standing separation of the behavioural disciplines from the physical and …

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The influence of the Nigerian. and indeed tropical environment on the spread and
maintenance of parasitic diseases is discussed with respect to malaria, schistosorniasis …

Abstract Professor Ukoli is an African parasitologist concerned to help his own people in
Nigeria and other African countries develop a better understanding of parasitic diseases of …

The author of a text-book on this extensive subject, intended as the present one is for an
undergraduate audience, is inevitably faced with great difficulties of choice of content …

Three repeated cross-sectional surveys were undertaken among children (1 month to 15
years) of a rural community in southeastern Tanzania. The study was part of a longitudinal …

The author, who has great knowledge of the peoples of Africa and the Middle East, and of
their parasites and diseases, argues in these two articles that" Parasitic diseases make …