title: [The rate of parasite detection over a 5-year period in the parasitology faculty laboratory at the Hacettepe University].
abstract: The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the rate of parasite positivity, in the samples which were sent to Parasitology Laboratory of Hacettepe University Medical School, between 1997-2001. A total of 58.150 specimens collected from subjects of whom 42% were adult and 58% were children, have been evaluated for the presence of parasites. Most of the samples (98%) were feces, and the remaining were sputum, cellotapes, blood and cyst materials. One or more parasites were detected in 2.117 (3.6%) of the specimens, and Giardia intestinalis (69.5%), Enterobius vermicularis (9.7%) and Taenia saginata (6.8%) were the most frequently encountered parasites.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe Universitesi Tip Fakültesi, Mikrobiyoloji ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dali, Ankara.
authors.forename: Asli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cakar
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ergüven
authors.forename: Ayfer
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Günalp
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D017229:Enterobiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D004757:Enterobius / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016829:Giardia lamblia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D041202:Taenia saginata / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology