study on gastrointestinal parasitic infections in khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan

ABSTRACT

A three year study was carried out from January 2005 to December 2007 at the Department of Microbiology, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur and Bhittai Lab., Khairpur Mirs, Sindh, Pakistan, One thousand six hundred twenty stool samples were examined using Wet mount technique [WMT] in normal saline and iodine. Entamoeba histolytica 225 [13.88%], Ascaris lumbricoides 190 [11.72%], Giardia lamblia 29 [8.95%], H. nana 25 [7.71%], Entamoeba coli 22 [6.79%] and Necator americanus 20 [6.17%] were reported. Generally infection was most prevalent in patients aged 12-42 years. To reduce the prevalence of various parasites, the level of environmental sanitation, socioeconomic status of population and water supply should be improved