title: Intestinal parasites in school aged children and the first case report on amoebiasis in urinary bladder in Tripoli, Libya.
abstract: A total of 50 fresh fecal samples were collected from children of either sex and examined by direct wet films and Telemann's concentration technique. The results were based on a single stool per person study of the total children ranging from 5-18 years of age, 8 different types of intestinal parasites were recorded. The incidence of infection with one or the other parasites was found to be 42%. Double or mixed infection was not uncommon. The infection rates of helminthes were Hymenolepis nana 6%, Taenia saginata 2%, Ascaris lumbricoids 20%, Trichuris trichura 14% and Enterobius vermicularis 4%. The rates of protozoa were Entamoeba histolytica 4%, Entamoeba coli 4% and Giardia lamblia 2%. The problem was created by parasitosis in endangering children's health are more increasing in Tripoli District.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Al Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya. najla_bm@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Najla A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Ben Musa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008002:Libya / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000469:parasitology*