Background and purpose: Strongyloidiasis is prevalent in Northern provinces in Iran. Therefore, this study aimed at investigating the prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis and other intestinal parasites in rehabilitation centers in Mazandaran Province, north of Iran. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in seven rehabilitation centers in Mazandaran Province, 2013-...

Introduction and purpose: Parasitic diseases have led to economic and health problems around the world. One of the most common ways for the transmission of these diseases is the consumption of raw vegetables contaminated with parasite. These diseases can be prevented through obtaining knowledge about the parasitic contamination of the vegetables. Regarding this, the aim of t...

Background : Parasites are important enteric pathogens among patients with immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. In our country there are very few reports on prevalence of intestinal parasites among these patients. Materials and methods : In the present study we have determined the prevalence of intestinal parasites among HIV-positive individuals visited in different medical centers in Iran ....

To determine the prevalence of various intestinal parasitic infections, we examined 966randomly collected stool specimens from urban areas and 569 such samples from the ruralregions. These were examined using formalin-ether sedimentation and direct smearmethods. From the total of 1535 specimens, 143 that belonged to 1-6 years old childrenwere examined by scatch tape method.The results indicated...