title: Intestinal parasitic infection among sewage workers in Alexandria, Egypt.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Hammouda
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: el-Gebali
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Razek
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage