| prevalence of intestinal parasites in rural areas of district shahjahanpur, uttar pradesh. | a stool survey was carried out in some of the villages of dadraul and bhawal khera phc's of district shahjahanpur (uttar pradesh). out of 381 individuals examined 111 (29.2 per cent) were found positive for one or the other intestinal parasite. ascaris lumbricoides superseded all the parasites by showing a positivity of 17.85 percent. other parasites found were hookworm, hymenolepis nana, tapeworm, trichuris trichiura, enterobius vermicularis, entamoeba histolytica, e. coli and giardia lamblia. ... | 1994 | 7989672 |