انتشار الإصابة بالطفيليات المعوية لدى الوافدين لمستشفيين في محافظة بابل

Abstract

An epidemiological study was conducted during the period from March 2005 to August 2005 to investigate prevalence of intestinal parasites in the outpatients of two hospitals at Al-Hilla province. A total of 515 feacal samples from 1-30 years old persons were examed. Six intestinal parasites were detected as follow (12.0% for Entamoeba coli, 9.3% for Entamoeba histolytica, 8.0 for Giardia lamblia, 6.4% for Hymenolepis nana, 5.2% for Enterobius vermicularis, 2.5% for Ascaris lumbricoides) The overall percentage incidence of infection with these intestinal parasites in two hospitals was 43.5%.