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 |
Intestinal parasitic infections (IPI’s) are commonest cause of diarrhoeas globally endemic and have been described as constituting the greatest single worldwide cause of illness and disease. We aimed to study prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in a tertiary care hospital. Total 1012 stool samples were included in present study, out of which (8.2%) were positive either for Protozoal or Helminthic infections. Protozoan infection was found to be more common than helminthic infection. Giardia duodenalis infection was commonest in protozoal infection constituting (59.8%), followed by Entamoeba histolytica (42.69%). Hymenolepis nanaand Strongyloides stercoralis were seen in 3 cases each..Cytoisospora belli was seen in one sample. The study revealed the widespread distribution of intestinal parasites among symptomatic and asymptomatic patients from various age groups. The reduced prevalence of soil transmitted nematode infections due to effects of anti-helminthics and the relative higher prevalence of protozoal infection (Giardiasis) as expected have been explicitly demonstrated in this study.
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