title: Giardiasis amongst in-and out-patients in Salmaniya Medical Centre in state of Bahrain.
abstract: Giardiasis is the most common protozoan parasite diagnosed in the pathology departments of Health Centres in the State of Bahrain. In 1983 all records of stool parasitology examinations in one of the largest medical centre (Salmaniya Medical Center) were studied, a total of 9664 records. The incidence of Giardia lamblia was 4% (386 cases) of the total records, about 21% of all infected persons by parasites. 100 persons from the above records were serologically examined by CIT with 93% positive results. The incidence of Giardia lamblia amongst the families of infected persons of the 386 cases was higher than the families of non-infected persons.
authors.affiliation: College of Health Sciences, Bahrain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mukhtar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001445:Bahrain; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D010045:Outpatients