Mughees Anjum.
Hookworm infection; its correlation with haemoglobin in rural population of Mustafa Abad (Lulliani) District Kasur.
Professional Med J Nov ;13(1):54-6.

Objectives: To find out prevalence rate of hookworm infection in a rural community of Pakistan. To find out whether a significant correlation exists between hookworm infection and haemoglobin. This study "Correlation of hookworm infection and haemoglobin" was conducted in rural population of Mustafaabad (lulliani) located in District Kasur. (Pakistan). By a stratified random sampling 1010 male adult subjects were selected from the above locality. 253 i.e. 25.05% were found hookworm positive. Samples of stool and blood were collected. A thorough study on 253 hookworm positive subjects was carried out for calculation of haemoglobin levels and intensity of hookworm infection in terms of number of ova per gram of faeces. Haemoglobin levels were estimated by cyanomethaemoglobin method and quantitative estimation of hookworm ova in stool was carried out by stoll`s modified egg counting technique. The results of the study showed statistically significant relationship between haemoglobin level and No. of hookwor m ova per gram of faces.(r = - 0.876) for 253 hookworm positive cases, which reflects a high degree of negative correlation.

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