title: [Intestinal parasites in primary school students].
abstract: Five hundred thirty-one stool samples obtained from primary schools. The age range was between 7 and 13 years, 49% of the patients were females an 51% of the patients males. In our study it has been observed that the parasite incidence was 36.9% the predominant parasite was Ascaris lumbricoides (12%), Giardia intestinalis (9%), Hymenolepis nana (7.1%) Entamoeba histolytica (6%) and Trichuris trichiura (2.6%) respectively, we detected six different parasites in the primary school students because of bad social status and environmental conditions.
authors.affiliation: Halk Sağliği Laboratuvari, Mardin.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coşkun
mesh_terms: D001196:Ascariasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D004749:Entamoebiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006925:Hymenolepiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D015994:Incidence; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014257:Trichuriasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Ilkokul öğrencilerinde barsak parazitlerinin araştirilmasi.