Abstract
In the first country-wide survey of hookworm infection in Liberia, diagnosis by test-tube filter-paper cultivation revealed a prevalence of more than 90%. This sensitive technique also permitted differential species determination. Necator americanus was found to occur in all regions and in a high proportion of the persons examined. Ancylostoma duodenale was mainly confined to a narrow coastal belt, and usually parasitized individuals harbouring N. americanus as well. The average number of eggs per gram of faeces (EPG) of infected individuals was lowest in the population of the hinterland. During the latter part of the studies a modified test-tube filter-paper cultivation technique was used in combination with dilution counting to obtain data on intensity of infection separately for the 2 species. For N. americanus there was little regional difference in the intensity of infection, but the EPG for A. duodenale was much higher in people living in the coastal area.
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