Despite the existence of effective anthelmintics, parasitic infections remain a major public health problem in Southeast Asia, including Thailand. In rural communities, continuing infection is often reinforced by dietary habits that have a strong cultural basis and by poor personal hygiene and sanitation. This study presents a survey of the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among th...

Infection caused by intestinal parasites is still a common health problem especially in children from developing countries. Orphans are a group of underprivileged population in society. To evaluate the intestinal parasitic infections in children in an orphanage in Pathum Thani province, Thailand, stool samples were collected during a cross-sectional study in April 2001. Examination for intestin...

The prevalence of gastro-intestinal parasites of buffaloes was studied in and around Tirupati of Andra Pradesh for a period of one year through coprological examination. A total of 694 buffaloes were examined; among them, 279 (40.20%) buffaloes were found infected with one or more species of gastro-intestinal parasites. Ten species of gastro-intestinal parasites were identifi ed; of them, seven...

aim : the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections (sths) infection and other intestinal parasites in patients with gastrointestinal (gi) symptoms in tehran province, iran. background : the world health organization (who) suggests that many people in the world are chronically affected by sths and intestinal parasites. furthermore infection is clo...

Of the so-called nonpathogenic intestinal protozoa, Endolimax nana belongs to the ones least well described. Most data on E. nana have emerged from general surveys of intestinal parasites in selected cohorts and mostly in the absence of any particular focus on Endolimax. Hence, the genus of Endolimax remains largely unexplored in terms of morphology, taxonomy, genetic diversity, host specificit...

background: we aimed to determine the status of strongyloidiasis in mentally disabled population in the institutional places in rasht city, the capital of guilan province, northern iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted in 8 institutions for mentally retarded population in rasht in 2013. before collecting the samples, a questionnaire was filled out for each participant by an ex...