Intestinal parasitosis in nalout popularity, Western Libya

ABSTRACT

This paper studied gastrointestinal parasitosis in Nalout popularity. A hospital based study was done on a total of 800 stool samples from a private laboratory in Tigi city. The results showed an overall rate of 29.6%. Of these patients, 7.59% had double or triple parasitic infections. Children were more infected than adults. The parasites in a descending order were Entamoeba histolytica [2 1%], Enterobius vermicularis [7.5%], Giardia lamblia [2.5%], Balantidium coli [0.38%], and Hymenolepis nana [0.38%] A Sudanese immigrant employee had Strongyloides stercoralis larva in stool culture