title: Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
abstract: A national survey of the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in the Islamic Republic of Iran was made on a random sample of families covered by local health centres affiliated to the medical universities. Out of 53,995 people aged 2+ years, from 12,495 families (0.1% of all families in 1999), 45,128 stool samples were analysed by formalin-ether precipitation. Intestinal parasitic infections were found in 19.3% of the study population (19.7% male, 19.1% female). Giardia lamblia (10.9%), Ascaris lumbricoides (1.5%), Entamoeba histolytica (1.0%) and Enterobius vermicularis (0.5%) were the most common infections. The infection rate was highest in the 2-14 years age group (25.5%) and in rural residents (23.7%).
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Digestive Disease Research Centre, Mofid Children's Hospital, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. sayyari@sbmu.ac.ir
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sayyari
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Imanzadeh
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bagheri Yazdi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yaghoobi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D017164:Ascaris lumbricoides; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000453:epidemiology; D017229:Enterobiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D016829:Giardia lamblia; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires