Publications

patterns of infection with intestinal parasites in qatar among food handlers and housemaids from different geographical regions of origin.	intestinal parasitic infections were surveyed among recently arrived immigrant workers in qatar destined for employment in food handling occupations. two overlapping datasets (female workers surveyed in 2005 and 2006, and both sexes in 2006) were analyzed. seven species were detected, 3 nematodes (trichuris trichiura, hookworms and ascaris lumbricoides) and 4 protozoans (entamoeba histolytica/dispar, non-pathogenic entamoebae, blastocystis hominis and giardia lamblia). overall prevalence of infe ...	2008	18457813
helminth infections among long-term-residents and settled immigrants in qatar in the decade from 2005 to 2014: temporal trends and varying prevalence among subjects from different regional origins.	travel and migration from developing regions, where tropical diseases are common, to more developed industrialised nations can contribute to the introduction and subsequent spread of infections. with its rapidly expanding economy, qatar has attracted vast numbers of immigrant workers in the last two decades, often from countries with poor socio-economic levels. many used to arrive with patent intestinal parasitic infections.	2016	26984202