Significant Decrease in Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites among Patients Seeking Treatment in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Jammu: a Changing Trend

Intestinal parasitic infections are among the most common infections world-wide.(Kang G et al 1998) Intestinal parasitic infection varies considerably from place to place in relation to the disease.(Luka SA et al 2000) According to the World Health Organization estimate; globally two billion individuals are infected with intestinal parasites(WHO 2002) and there are 800-1000 million cases of Ascariasis, 700-900 million of Hook Worm infection, 500 millions of Trichuriasis, 200 million of Giardiasis and 500 million of Entamoeba histolytica.(Roma B et al 1997)