prevalence of intestinal parasites in afghan refugees in Kerman City, Iran

ABSTRACT

Single stool specimens were obtained from the subjects at the referral center for refugees in Kerman city during spring and fall seasons of 1993. Specimens were processed within 1-2 hours of receipt by the formalin-ether concentration method. The overall prevalence of infection was 23.7% for one or more species of intestinal parasites. The common parasites were Giardia lamblia, 15.2%; Hymenolepis nana, 5.2%, Entamoeba histolytica, 2.5%, and Ascoris lumbricoides, 0.8 perecnt. In general the difference in the distribution of parasites between females and males was not significant