Factors associated with intestinal parasitic infection among school children in Sirt, Libya

A parasitological survey of 601 school children aged 7-14 years in the city of Sirt was carried out. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and their association with sociodemographic factors and hygienic habit. Data collected via questionnaires. Fecal samples were examined by wet film, Iodine preparation. - concentrations methods and modified Ziehl-Neelsen stain. The prevalence rate of intestinal parasitic infection among the students was 63.6%. Co infection with two or three parasites was seen in 11.4%. The three most common were Giardia lamblia 28.8%, Entamo‚ba histolytica 16.3% and Entamoeba coli 6.3%. Parasitic prevalence was higher in boys, younger age in children with non educated mother and in children who sometimes wash hands after defecation .According to the results, mother education and personal hygiene of the students were the significant associations

Intestinal Protozoa in Libyan patients in Sirt

This study was conducted on 700 patients aged from 2-60 years from both gender, who were attending out patients' clinics of Ibn Sina Hospital from summer 2002 to Dec 2003, complaining of abdominal pain [acute or recurrent], vomiting and/or diarrhoea. They were investigated for the presence of parasitic infections by stool analysis using formalin ether sedimentation method. Our results revealed that 76% of samples were positive for intestinal parasites, and the remaining 24% were due to other causes. Multiple infections were found in 54.5% of the positive samples, Entamoeba Histolytica was the commonest infection detected in [35.9%]. Children from 2-10 years were the most commonly infected more than the other age groups; abdominal pain and diarrhoea were common presentations among the total positive cases