title: [Investigation of intestinal parasites in residents of the Kayseri Karpuzsekisi basin].
abstract: In this study, we collected stool and cellophane tape samples from residents in four villages located in the Kayseri-Karpuzsekisi basin in order to investigate the distribution of intestinal parasites. A total of 240 samples collected from Hanyeri (40), Sariküklü (20), Dokuzpinar (80) and Karpuzsekisi (120) were investigated. The parasites detected were as follows: Blastocystis hominis, 82 (34.16%); Enterobius vermicularis, 37 (15.41%); Entamoeba coli 26, (10.83%); Entamoeba hartmanni, 10 (4.16%); Giardia intestinalis, 7 (2.91%); Endolimax nana, 5 (2.08%); Entamoeba histolytica/E. dispar, 4 (1.66%); and Taenia saginata, 1 (0.41%).
authors.affiliation: Erciyes Universitesi Tip Fakültesi Parazitoloji Anabilim Dali, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Izzet
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Süleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yazar
authors.forename: Ozan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yaman
authors.forename: Niğmet
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gözkenç
mesh_terms: D000562:Amebiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D016776:Blastocystis Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D016845:Blastocystis hominis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004709:Endolimax / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004747:Entamoeba / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004749:Entamoebiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D017229:Enterobiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D004757:Enterobius / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D016829:Giardia lamblia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum / Q000469:parasitology; D041202:Taenia saginata / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology