Intestinal parasitosis in Nalout popularity, western Libya.
This paper studied gastrointestinal parasitosis in Nalout popularity. A hospital based study was done on a total of 800 stool samples from a private laboratory in Tigi city. The results showed an overall rate of 29.6%. Of these patients, 7.59% had double or triple parasitic infections. Children were more infected than adults. The parasites in a descending order were Entamoeba histolytica (21%), Enterobius vermicularis (7.5%), Giardia lamblia (2.5%), Balantidium coli (0.38%), and Hymenolepis nana (0.38%) A Sudanese immigrant employee had Strongyloides stercoralis larva in stool culture.
Al Kilani
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Department of Laboratories, Faculty of Medical Technology, Al Gabal Al Gharby University, Libya.
Dahesh
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El Taweel
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D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008002:Libya / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D015995:Prevalence; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult