“STUDY OF THE PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PARASITES IN A LOW SOCIOECONOMIC AREA OF NORTH INDIA.”-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

“STUDY OF THE PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PARASITES IN A LOW SOCIOECONOMIC AREA OF NORTH INDIA.”

Published:2021-06-01 Issue: Volume: Page:60-61
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Container-title:INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH
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Author:

Kumar Nandlal¹,Sagar Poonam²,Sagar Preeti³

Affiliation:

1. Tutor, Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Bettiah, Bihar845438.

2. Tutor Department of Microbiology, PMCH, Patna, Bihar

3. Final year P.G. Student, Department of Prosthodontics, K D Dental College & Hospital, Mathura, Uttar-Pradesh.

Abstract

Objective To determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites in low socio economic area of north of India. Method 128 subjects from a village were studied. Stool samples from all subjects were collected over a period of three months and were examined. Results The overall prevalence rate of various parasitic infections was 92.18%, with only 10 of 128 subjects not excreting parasites in their samples. The commonest parasites identied were E. coli infections in 31 (24.2%) subjects, Cyclospora sp. in 29 (22.6%) subjects and Giardia in (21.0%) subjects. The prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection was relatively higher in females than males. In comparison to the elderly, children and teenagers were found to have a higher number of parasites.

Publisher

World Wide Journals

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