Frequency of intestinal parasitic infection among children in hadhramout governorate (Yemen)‎

الملخص EN

Six hundred children from urban and rural regions of Hadhramout governo-rate were examined targeted for the detection of intestinal parasites during the year 2009. The main infective parasites prevailed in children were Gardia lamblia(19.17%), Entamoeba histolytica(16.83%), Ascaris lumbricoides(15.83%), Trichuris trichiura(2.33%), Hymenolepis nana (2.33%), Taenia saginata(1.50%) and Schistosoma mansoni (0.67%).

Besides, infections were accompa-nied by different symptoms as diarrhea(43.5%), abdominal pain(23.3%), ab-dominal distention(17.3%), constipation(9.1%), nausea and vomiting(8.02%) and fever(5.1%).

The parasitosis reflected the hygienic problems and their in-fluence on public health of Hadhramout.