Intestinal parasitic infection among sewage workers in Alexandria, Egypt.
This research was conducted to study the risk of intestinal parasitic infections among sewage workers. A hundred sewage workers in Alexandria and another hundred as control group not exposed to sewage were selected for this research. The results indicated that sewage workers were at a higher risk of developing intestinal parasitic infection especially Ascariasis and Amoebiasis. Nail examination revealed that sewage workers were at a higher risk of infection by Entrobius vermicularis.
Hammouda
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Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt.
el-Gebali
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Razek
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D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012722:Sewage; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid
D012722:Sewage