Gastrointestinal parasitic infections in Uzbek tribe, a Central Asian race settled in Quetta, Pakistan

ABSTRACT

Observations made on 445 faecal sampes, collected from Uzbek Tribe residing in different residential areas in Quetta. This revealed the incidence of Giardia lamblia 19.55%, Entamoeba histolytica 12.58% E. coli 50.78%, Iodamoeba butschlii 0.22%, Chilomastix mesnili 0.45%, Blastocystis hominis 4.49% and Endolimax nana 0.45%. Among helminthic infections Hymenolepis nana 20.22 perecnt, Ascaris lumbricoides 6.51%, Enterobius vermicularis 4.04%, Trichuris trichiura 0.67% and Taenia saginata 0.22% were found in this tribe. Epidemiological factors were also considered