[Intestinal parasitic infections in Zahedan day-care units]

ABSTRACT

Background: the prevalence of infection with bowel parasites is still remarkably high in children of developing countries. Day-care units usually serve for the infants and children as their primary site of social contact; so we aimed to determine the frequency rate of bowel infections h1 children attending these places, on their arrival and comparing it with this frequency 4-6 months afterwards