| intestinal parasitic infections in schoolchildren of abha (asir), saudi arabia. | stool specimens from 1282 children between the age of 5 and 13 years attending 10 primary schools for boys in the city of abha, southwestern saudi arabia, were examined for the presence of intestinal parasites. of these, 313, (24.4%) were found infected with one or more species of 11 intestinal protozoa and helminths. the most common pathogenic protozoa being giardia lamblia (10.9%) followed by entamoeba histolytica (4.1%). the nonpathogenic protozoan, entamoeba coli had the highest prevalence r ... | 1991 | 1671621 |
| parasites of livestock in asir province, southwestern saudi arabia. | thirteen parasite species, three trematodes, five cestodes, one nematode, and four arthropods, have been reported in livestock in asir, southwestern saudi arabia. the occurrence of dicrocoelium dendriticum in imported sheep and paramphistomum cervi in indigenous cattle is recorded for the first time in saudi arabia. | 1990 | 2267729 |