title: [Epidemiological features of intestinal parasitosis in western Sicily in the period 1993-2000].
abstract: To determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in western Sicily from 1993 to 2000, fecal samples from 3024 patients (subdivided into native Sicilian children, migrants from developing countries and HIV+ patients,) were collected and observed on direct examination or by the formalin-ether sedimentation technique of Ritchie. Lugol, Kinyoun and Gomori's trichromic stain techniques were employed. Trophozoites or mainly protozoan cysts and helminthic eggs were detected in 195 patients (6.4%). The positivity rate was 18.7% in HIV+ patients, 10.3% in migrants and 5.0% in native Sicilian children. Tape test for Enterobius eggs was employed on 1449 patients with a positivity rate of 11%. The importance of parasitology also in new millennium is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Patologia Infettiva e Virologia, Universit  degli Studi di Palermo.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Troia
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Miraglia
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scarlata
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012802:Sicily / Q000453:epidemiology