Journal of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Peer-reviewed Medical Quarterly
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Outline
The trend of intestinal parasitic infections in Kermanshah district
Authors
1Dept. of Medical Parasitology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Corresponding author: Yazdan Hamzavi, Dept. of Medical Parasitology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran, Tel: +98 831 4274627 Email: [email protected]
Published online:Mar 19, 2010
Article type:Research Article
Received:Mar 03, 2009
Accepted:Jul 07, 2009
How to Cite:Hamzavi Y. The trend of intestinal parasitic infections in Kermanshah district. J Kermanshah Univ Med Sci. 2010;13(4):e79589. doi:
Abstract
Background: Continus evaluation of the prevalent of infectious disease prevalence is one of the important needs for the health and treatment programs in the country. This article aimed to evaluate the latest studies on intestinal parasitic infections in Kermanshah district and find out trend of such infections in this area during past years and decades.
Methods: Internet search engines (Pubmed, Medline and Ovid), local Persian journal articles, student’s thesis, congress abstracts, researches reports, parasitology textbooks, and non-published data from clinical diagnostic laboratories on intestinal parasitic infections in Kermanshah district were studied. The infestation status and trend of incidence were evaluated.
Results: According to the latest research reports there are at least ten types of intestinal helminthes and protozoan parasites in the rural and urban areas in Kermanshah district. In general the prevalence rate of intestinal parasites (Helminthes and Protozoan) in this district was 7.6%. Giardia lamblia was the most common intestinal pathogenic protozoan with the prevalence of 6.9%.
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