Intestinal parasitosis among apparently healthy workers at restaurants of Sana'a City, Yemen.
A cross sectional study was conducted on randomly selected 303 apparently healthy workers in 58 restaurants in Sana'a City, with ages between 12 to 70 years 22.12 +/- 8.34). A required data were taken through a designed questionnaire and stool samples were collected and examined microscopically by direct wet mount (saline and iodine stained smears) and by formalin ether concentration sedimentation technique. The results showed 72.9% an overall infections rate In a descending order they were E. coli (58.85%), E. histolytica (48.87%), G. lamblia (35.29%), S. man-soni (7.69%), T. trichiura (4.98%), A. lumbricoides (4.07%), H. nana (3.62%), and 0.91% for both E. vermicularis and A. doudenale. Intervention programs including health education, strict supervision of health authorities on workers in restaurants, hotels and other food shops as well as environmental sanitation are required.
Al-Shibani
Latifa A
LA
Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen. latifa_n@hotmail.com
Azazy
Ahmed A
AA
Alhamd
Jabber H
JH
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012147:Restaurants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015006:Yemen / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult