title: Prevalence of intestinal parasites in a population in Eghbalieh city from Qazvin Province, Iran.
abstract: Intestinal parasitic infections are endemic worldwide and have been described as constituting the greatest single worldwide cause of illness and disease. The prevalence of Intestinal parasitic infections was estimated to be 5.92 %. Entamoeba coli was the most common parasite followed by Giardia lamblia and Blastocystis hominis. About 5.15 % of samples contained a single parasite and 0.76 % contained multiple parasites. In this study, the prevalence of intestinal parasites especially helminthic infections was low. The study aimed to estimate prevalence of intestinal parasites in Eghbalieh city from Qazvin Province, Iran.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sadeghi
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bakht
authors.affiliation: Doctor of Medical Laboratory Science, Mehr Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory, Eghbalieh, Qazvin Iran.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saghafi
authors.affiliation: Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shahsavari
keywords: Intestinal parasites; Iran; Qazvin