Otitis media and aural myiasis

Myiasis is a diseased condition caused by larvae of myiasis producing flies. Still little is known about such an important subject in Egypt. In this paper, the author described three human cases of otitis media associated with aural myiasis. The causative larvae were those of W. magnifica and S. falculata

relation between intestinal troubles and parasitic infection in Cairo

Stool and urine from 320 subjects in Ain shams region, and 200 subjects in Nasr city were collected and examined for parasites. All these subjects were suffering from abdominal troubles. The results revealed a marked relation between parasitic Infection and abdominal troubles, especially in Ain shams region [80%], and to a lesser extent in Nasr City [51%]. The commonest parasite in Ain shams was Giardia lamblia [20.3%], and in Nasr city was E. histolytica [13%]

Precautions on using eggs of schistosoma haematobium as an antigen in COPT

The circumoval precipitin test was performed on 60 male patients with active bilharziasis and 20 control normal subjects. Both types of S. mansoni and S. haematobium eggs were used as an antigen. The percentages of positivity, egg reactivity, and the refraction's precipitation intensity were lower on using S. haematobium eggs than with S. mansoni