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Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 1984; 14 (1): 283-8
in English
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ABSTRACT
One hundred children suffering from diarrhoea and 40 nondiarrhoeal cases were the subject of this study. Stool examination revealed a significantly higher prevalence rate of Giardia lamblia in the diarrhoeal patients [33%] compared to the nondiarrhoeal control group [5%], P < 0.01. Abdominal pain, chronic diarrhoea and anorexia were the most common presentations of positive cases