title: [Screening of intestinal parasites of children in special day nurseries in the city of Rize].
abstract: In this study, the carriage of intestinal parasites was investigated in a total of 73 children (35 girls, 38 boys) in the 1-6 age-group in two special day nurseries in the city of Rize. Stool samples and cellophane tape preparations were obtained from children three times a month. Parasite cysts or eggs were found in total of 15.0% of the stool samples or cellophane tape preparations from children. It has been determined that 8.5% of the girls and 21.0% of the boys were parasite porters, and that all of these were asymptomatic carriers. Giardia intestinalis, Entamoeba coli + Iodamoeba bütschlii, Taenia spp. and Enterobius vermicularis were detected at rates of 11.0%, 1.3%, 1.3% and 1.3%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Rize Universitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Biyoloji Bölümü, Rize, Turkey. microbsman@yahho.com
authors.forename: Osman Birol
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Ozgümüş
authors.forename: Sengül Alpay
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Karaoğlu
mesh_terms: D000562:Amebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D000818:Animals; D002353:Carrier State / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D002648:Child; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004747:Entamoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004757:Enterobius / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D016829:Giardia lamblia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009724:Nurseries, Infant; D013621:Taenia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology