The epidemiological and clinical purview of parasite diseases is constantly evolving, mainly due to the changes in human behavior and our environment. The aim of this study was frequency analysis of certain parasite infections, risk factors and clinical symptoms in children and adolescents of north-eastern Poland. 120 children were tested due to the symptoms resembling parasite infection from D...

Since 1955, when sanitary conditions were poor, the incidence of intestinal parasitism has steadily decreased. Similarly, the number of requests for fecal examinations by physicians has also decreased. However, in our hospital, the incidence of parasites detected in fecal material has been increasing since 1994, regardless of the decreasing number of stool exams performed. Possible reasons for ...

Concentrations of total serum IgE in 90 parasitized children and 24 healthy control children between 7 and 11 years old were measured using enzyme immunoassay. Of 90 children, 46 were infected with Giardia lamblia, 26 with Enterobius vermicularis, and 18 with both of these parasites. The overall mean value of IgE in parasitized children was 170.17 ± 27.76 IU/ml, almost 24 of children had an IgE...

background: enterobius vermicularis (formerly oxyuriasis vermicularis), is a prevalent parasitic infection especially in preschool children worldwide. the present study aimed to explore the prevalence of oxyuriasis and its influencing factors in kindergartens.materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on 175 children using multi-stage sampling method in ali abad-e-katoul city-...