Observation on incidence of intestinal parasitic infection in school going children of Quetta district, Pakistan

ABSTRACT

Stool samples from 450 children were examined coming from different areas in District Quetta. Frequencies of infection of pathogenic protozoan and helminthes were as follows Giardia lamblia 20.01%, Entamoeba histolytica 19.0%, E. coli 32.50%, Ascaris lumbricoides 34.60%, Ancylostoma duodenale 2.60% Enterobius vermicularis 5.20%, Trichuris trichiura 2.40%, and Hymenolepis nana 18%