Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infection in Children Under Five-Year in Hilla, Babylon Province | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 3, September 2014, Pages 744-748 | ||
| Author | ||
| Maani Seher Abid Al-Kahfaji | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Out of 349 stool samples, 138 (39.5%) were infected with intestinal parasites. The prevalence rate was 82 (34.4%) for male and 56 (50.1%) for female. The prevalence of intestinal parasites was high in bottle feeding children58(52.2%) compared to children with breast feeding 32(31.4%).The predominantnt intestinal parasite was Entamoeba histolytica(13.2%), followed by Giardia lamblia(8.3%),Hymenolepis nana(7.2%),Entrobus vermicularis(6.0%) and Entamoeba coli(5.2%). | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Intestinal Parasitic; Hymenolepis nana; Babylon Province | ||
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