National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The stool sample of one hundred (100) food handlers and vendors in Calabar municipality were process for the presence of intestinal parasites. The samples were processed by direct wet mount and formol-ether sedimentation technique. Fifty three (53) food handlers were found to be infected with one or more intestinal parasites, which forty three (43) has no intestinal parasitic infection whatsoever. The most frequently identified parasite was Entamoeba at 18%, followed by Hookworun (15%), which the least is Giardia lamblia (4%). The need for hygiene by food handlers and oversight by government agencies is recommended.
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