BACKGROUND One of the major health problems among HIV sero-positive patients are superimposed infections due to the deficient immunity. Furthermore, intestinal parasitic (IP) infections, which are also one of the basic health problems in tropical regions, are common in these patients. Infection by opportunistic pathogens, including various forms of intestinal parasites has been the hall mark of...

Correction to: Intestinal Parasitic Infections in Patients Attending Gastrointestinal Clinics     Niloofar Amin1,  Hafez Fakheri2, Vahid Hossini2, Hajare Ziaei3, Azadeh Dadashi1, Bahman Rahimi4, Shirzad Gholami5   1 Medical Student, Student Research Committee, Faulty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran 2 Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Gut ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among primary school children in Dhahira region of Oman. METHODS The study took place in the Dhahira region of Oman from September 2004 to March 2005. We randomly recruited 436 students of 9-10 years of age. Their anthropometric measurements were noted. We collected the stool sample of each student and examined for diffe...

BACKGROUND Epidemiological information on the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in different regions is a prerequisite to develop appropriate control strategies. Therefore, this present study was conducted to assess the magnitude and pattern of intestinal parasitism in highland and lowland dwellers in Gamo area, South Ethiopia. METHODS Community-based cross-sectional study was con...

Objective: To determine the epidemiology and control of intestinal parasitic infection among children in two communities of south Saint Lucia. Methods: Eight hundred ninety seven children participated in this study. Parasitic infections were confirmed by two stool examinations using the Kato Katz method and the mini-parasep concentration method. Control methods used were treatment of all infect...

previous studies on intestinal parasitic infections in different parts of isfahan province revealed high infection rates and wide distribution of such infections in the province. to be added is the present report from dortche-piaz, a city with 14,000 population, where stool samples of 700 individual (1/20 of the whole population(, selected by random sampling, were collected the and examined by ...

Intestinal parasitic infections (IPI) are one of the most prevalent infections in humans residing in developing countries and its burden is high among school aged children. This cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection and types of intestinal parasites in rural public school children of Nepal. It included students from Nursery to Class X ...

BACKGROUND Intestinal parasitic infections are among the major public health problems in Sub-Saharan Africa. Their distribution is mainly associated with poor personal hygiene, environmental sanitation and limited access to clean water. Indeed, epidemiological information on the prevalence of various intestinal parasitic infections in different localities is a prerequisite to develop appropriat...

background malnutrition and infections are widespread in almost all developing countries. the aim of this study was to investigating prevalence and some of the determinants of malnutrition and intestinal parasitic infections among preschool children in shahroud, iran. materials and methods at across-sectional study, the all preschool children (1,850 cases), in shahroud city as simple census, we...