Prevalence Of Intestinal Parasites in Alqalamoun Region in Syria

published by Aِl-Baath University in 2014 in and research's language is العربية Download

Abstract in English

143 stool samples were examined, they were taken from people living in Alqalamoun region, in Syria. The aim of this study was to determine the species of enteric parasites and their prevalence. The percentage of the prevalence of intestinal parasite infections in the stool samples was 17.48 %. The species of enteric parasite according to their prevalence were: Entamoeba coli (6.29%), Giardia lamblia (4.89%), Entamoeba histolytica(2.09%), Taenia saginata and Ascaris lumbricoides(1.39%), Enterobius vermicularis and Iodamoeba buetschlii (0.69%), Whereas the percentage of the prevalence of Blastocystis hominis was (6.29%),and Candida sp. Was (7.69%).

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