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Parasitism in Congo Pygmies^*

Donald L. Price, George V. Mann, Oswald A. Roels AND Joseph M. Merrill^||

A study was made on parasitic infections of a group of Pygmies from the Ituri Forest region of the Congo in conjunction with other investigations. The parasitic burden of the Pygmy population was extremely high. In general, the prevalence of all intestinal parasites was greater in the Pygmies than in other African groups examined by the same methods. Malaria, an important infection in the group, was found more frequently in children than among adults. Onchocerciasis was one of the most important diseases observed because of its high prevalence and intensity.

It is concluded that parasites play an important role in the health status of Pygmies.

^* This work was supported by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and Institut pour la Recherche Scientifique in Afrique Centrale (IRSAC), Lwiro, Congo.

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D. C. with duty station at IRSAC and Makerere College Medical School, Kampala, Uganda.

Division of Nutrition, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.

Institute of Nutrition Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York.

^|| Thayer Veterans Administration Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee.