title: Relationships between intestinal parasitosis and handedness.
abstract: The aim of the study was to investigate if there is a possible relation between intestinal parasitosis and handedness in patients with suspected intestinal parasitosis. Hand preference was assessed on the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory. Stool samples were examined microscopically for the presence of parasite. In the present study right-handers had many more helminth infections and left-handers had many more protozoon infections. Lower rate of helminth infections in the present study, and higher asthma incidences in the left-handed population in literature, may be associated with different immune machinery in left-handed people than in right-handed ones.
authors: Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors: Hakan
authors: H
authors: Uslu
authors: Senol
authors: S
authors: Dane
authors: M Hamidullah
authors: MH
authors: Uyanik
authors: Ahmet
authors: A
authors: Ayyildiz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey