Intestinal parasitosis in nalout popularity, western Libya

Joint Authors

Dahesh, Salwa M.
al-Kilani, M. K.
al-Tawil, Hind A.

Source

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology

Issue

Vol. 38, Issue 1 (30 Apr. 2008), pp.255-265, 11 p.

Publisher

The Egyptian Society of Parasitology

Publication Date

2008-04-30

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

11

Main Subjects

Medicine

Topics

Abstract EN

This paper studied gastrointestinal parasitoids in Nalout popularity.

A hospital based study was done on a total of 800 stool samples from a private laboratory in Tigi city.

The results showed an overall rate of 29.6 %.

Of these patients, 7.59 % had double or triple parasitic infect-ions.

Children were more infected than adults.

The parasites in a des-cending order were Entamoeba histolytica (21 %), Enterobius verm-icularis (7.5 %), Giardia lamblia (2.5 %), Balantidium coli (0.38 %), and Hymenolepis nana (0.38 %) A Sudanese immigrant employee had Strongyloides stercoralis larva in stool culture.

American Psychological Association (APA)

al-Kilani, M. K.& Dahesh, Salwa M.& al-Tawil, Hind A.. 2008. Intestinal parasitosis in nalout popularity, western Libya. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology،Vol. 38, no. 1, pp.255-265.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-280326

Modern Language Association (MLA)

al-Kilani, M. K.…[et al.]. Intestinal parasitosis in nalout popularity, western Libya. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology Vol. 38, no. 1 (Apr. 2008), pp.255-265.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-280326

American Medical Association (AMA)

al-Kilani, M. K.& Dahesh, Salwa M.& al-Tawil, Hind A.. Intestinal parasitosis in nalout popularity, western Libya. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 2008. Vol. 38, no. 1, pp.255-265.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-280326

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes appendices : p. 265

Record ID

BIM-280326