The species of intestinal parasites and their prevalence in children in elementary educational level in Rural of Damascus-Kalamoon-Syria
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Authors |
Al-Kafri A.; Ismail M.T. |
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Published in |
Arab Journal of Pharmacology, Journal of the Association of Arab Universities, Volume 4, Issue 5, February 2011 |
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Abstract |
708 stool samples were collected from children in elementary educational level in Kalamoon area (Nabek-Deratiah-Kara), in rural of Damascus-Syria, and were examined. That was done between November-January of 2009-2010. The aim of this study is to find out the species of intestinal parasites spread in this area (This study is done as the first time in this area). We found that 125 samples contain parasite, which equals to 17.65%, and 65 samples contain human pathogenic parasites 52%. The pathogenic parasites according to their prevalence: Giardia lambilia 6.07%, Chilomastix mesnili 0.14% and Candida SP 2.96%. While the nonpathogenic parasites prevalence: Entamoeba coli 1.27%, Blastocystis hominis 8.05%, Endolimax nana 0.98%. It is worthy to mention that no case of intestinal worm ova such as Ascaris lumbricoides and Entamoeba histolytica has been diagnosed in our study. |
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