prevalence of various intestinal helminthiasis has been established among the population of 42 villages in gonbad kavus in the north-east of the caspian littoral during a longitudinal health survey undertaken in this area. stool examination by formaline ether technique been performed among 1240 randomly selected population. surprisingly and contrary to most other areas in iran; very low infecti...

background: the aim of this study was to verify the occurrence of intestinal parasitic infections in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) patients in iran in comparison with non-hiv individuals. methods: a total of hiv+/aids patients (group i) and 1220 clinically healthy individuals (group ii) were submitted to coproparasitological examination from 2003 t...

one thousand children from 20 day care centers were studied for intestinal parasites in tehran. the stool samples collected from 0 - 6.6 years old children and examined by formalin ether concentration method for parasitic ova and cyst. cellophane tape technique (graham’s method) also applied for enterobius vermicularis diagnosis, of these 454 children were positive. e.vermicularis with the rate...

background: the aim of this study was to determine intestinal and liver helminth infections in rattus rodents in tehran iran. methods: overall, 306 traps were put in 39 different regions in tehran from 2009 to 2010. rodents, including r. rattus and r. norvegicus were caught by live-traps.they become unconscious and the spinal cords were cut, afterwards the body was dissected and the stomach, sm...

Intestinal parasite infections are major public health problems of children in developing countries causing undernutrition, anemia, intestinal obstruction and mental and physical growth retardation. This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of intestinal helminthic infections among children under five years of age with emphasis on Schistosoma mansoni in Wonji Shoa Sugar Estate, Ethiopia...

Hymenolepis nana is a common parasite of rodents as well as human intestine. This parasite has beenreported from all over the world, including Iran. The infection rate has been reported up to 40% in someareas. The infection has various clinical manifestations. The parasite could establish severe hyperinfection inpatients with immune deficiency. Regarding the rodents as hosts of the parasite, th...