BACKGROUND Intestinal helminthiasis is common in our environment and antihelminthic drugs are specie specific. Thus, need to identify and characterize the species cannot be overemphasized. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of Ascaris Lumbricoides in Enugu Metropolis. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of 361 subjects in Enugu metropolis was carried out in this study. A single stool sample...

BACKGROUND Globally, millions of people suffer from intestinal parasitic infections. These infections are among the most common resulting in considerable morbidity and mortality. In Ethiopia and particularly in Jimma and its surroundings intestinal parasitic infections are highly prevalent because of low living standards and poor environmental sanitation. The objective of the survey was to dete...

Epidemiological researches, carried out by professor A.A. Shain in Ob-Irtysh basin of Tyumen region, have allowed to consider chronic opisthorchiasis as facultative liver precancer and develop the original concept cholangiocarcinogenesis on background long-term invasion trematode Opisthorchis felineus hepatobiliary system body. According this concept, initiating role cholangiocyte transformatio...

Abstract School-aged children (SAC) have a considerable burden of intestinal schistosomiasis in Madagascar yet its pre-school aged (PSAC) is currently overlooked. To assess the at-risk status PSAC, we undertook pilot epidemiological survey June 2019 examining ( n = 89), 2–4-years balanced gender, six remote villages Marolambo District, Madagascar. Diagnosis included use urine-circulating cathod...

Intestinal parasitic infections are among the most common infections worldwide and these infections tend to be higher in schoolchildren than other members of the community. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine infection prevalence and associated risk factors of intestinal helminths among schoolchildren in Dawro Zone, Southern Ethiopia. A cross-sectional parasitological study was con...