Parasitiosis in handicapped children in an Egyptian blind asylum.
Examination of visually handicapped children and their serving staff revealed in a descending order Enterobius vermicularis, Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, Hymenolepis nana, Ascaris lumbricoides, Cryptospodium parvum, Tricocephalus trichura and Strongyloides stercoralis. Head lice were encountered. But, neither blood parasites nor protozoan infective agent in water for human consumption.
El-Sherbini
Gehad T
GT
Cairo Curative Organization, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Cairo, Egypt.
Aboul Noor
Mohamad F
MF
Hegazi
Mamdouh M
MM
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D004749:Entamoebiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010373:Lice Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010374:Pediculus; D015995:Prevalence; D019987:Persons with Visual Disabilities