Conclusions
The commonest protozoa found by stool examinations of two thousand five hundred patients were E. coli (twenty-four and eight-tenths per cent), E. histolytica (ten and four-tenths per cent), G. intestinalis (ten per cent) and C. mesnili (six and two-tenths per cent).
The most frequent helminths in the above two thousand five hundred patients were T. trichiura
Metazoa | Infected Patients | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Ascaris lumbricoides | 489 | 19.5 |
Necator americanus | 366 | 14.6 |
Trichuris trichiura | 513 | 20.5 |
Strongyloides stercoralis | 217 | 8.6 |
Enterobius vermicularis | 73 | 2.9 |
Taenia, sp | 23 | 0.9 |
Hymenolepis nana | 1 | 0.04 |
Schistosoma mansoni | 100 | 4.0 |
(twenty and a half per cent), A. lumbricoides (nineteen and a half per cent), N. americanus (fourteen and six-tenths per cent), S. stercoralis (eight and sixtenths per cent) and S. mansoni (four per cent).
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Cançado, J.R. Incidence of intestinal parasites in a tropical area of Brazil Figures based on the examination of the stools of 2,500 patients. Jour. D. D. 10, 98 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02996945
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