Incidence of intestinal parasitic infection in Tajik Tribe, a Central Asian Settled in Quetta, Pakistan

ABSTRACT

445 faecal samples, collected from Tajik tribe, were processed and examined for intestinal parasites. The parasites found were Entamoeba coli 28.31%, E. histolytica 12.58%, lodamoeba butschlii 1.12%, Giardia lamblia 12.13%, Chilomastix mesnili 0.6%, Hymenolepis nana 7.86%, H. diminuta 0.22%, Taenia saginata 1.12%, Ascaris lumbricoides 4.27%, Enterobius vermicularis 2.02% and Ancylostoma duodenale 0.45%. Epidemiological factors are also discussed