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Intestinal and urinary parasitic infections among primary school Saudi girls in the Western region: Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory study
Medical Journal of Cairo University [The]. 1991; 59 (4): 983-93
in En | IMEMR | ID: emr-21060
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ABSTRACT
Stool and urine samples were collected form 1381 Saudi girls aged 9-16 years. They were examined for different parasitic infections. A prevalence rate of parasites was found to be 27.8%. Most of positive cases were among the age groups < 9 years, then infection decreases as age increases. Giardia labmlia was found to be the most prevalent parasite, either alone or with other parasites followed by Entamoeba histolytica then Hymenolepis nana. Other parasites were found at much lower rates. Commensal parasites were detected in 46.9% of total specimens mostly Entamoeba coli then Endolimax nana and Iodamoeba buetschlii. More than half of the cases of positive pathogenic parasites gave no past history of clinical manifestations. Prevalence rate of different parasitic infection was much lower in urban high socioeconomic group than in rural semiurban or urban low socioeconomic groups. The implications of these observations are discussed
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Index: IMEMR Language: En Journal: Med. J. Cairo Univ. Year: 1991