| [Protozoal antigen positivity in diarrheal patients admitted to emergency service: a point prevalence study]. | Intestinal parasites are the important etiological agents of water and food related diarrhea cases which are frequently seen during summer/early autumn seasons in developing countries. This point prevalence study was aimed to determine the protozoal antigen positivity rate in diarrhea cases admitted to the emergency service in one single day. A total of 198 diarrheal patients (90 male, 108 female; age range: 1-82 years, mean age: 29 years) who were admitted to the emergency service of Ankara Tra ... | 2011 | 22090311 |
| intestinal parasites, nutritional status and physchomotor development delay in migratory farm worker's children. | the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of intestinal parasites, nutritional status and physchomotor developmental delay and anaemia in children of migratory seasonal farm worker families. | 2010 | 20645989 |
| effect of giardia infection on growth and psychomotor development of children aged 0-5 years. | giardiasis, an intestinal protozoan infection caused by giardia intestinalis, is common in southeastern anatolia, turkey. in this cross-sectional survey, to investigate the role of giardiasis on growth and psychomotor development, we studied 160 children aged 0-5 years. data were collected using a structured questionnaire, anthropometry, ankara developmental screening inventory, and laboratory analysis of fecal samples. the results showed that 50 per cent of the subjects were infected with at le ... | 2004 | 15088797 |
| [microbiological analysis of well water samples in the rural areas near ankara]. | the water from wells and running water in different rural parts of ankara were analyzed microbiologically with the thought in mind that the use of unhealthy well water could cause infections, as shown in other cities. we found that of the 50 running water samples all (100%) were drinkable from the microbiological point of view regard to coliform bacteria and total germ count, while only 20 of the 150 well water samples (13.3%) met these standards. it was pointed out by the users that chlorinatio ... | 1988 | 3078793 |
| [the prevalence of intestinal parasites in the students of two primary schools in ankara]. | four hundred stool samples obtained from two different primary school students were examined for intestinal parasite. cellophane tape technique was also applied in order to detect the enterobiasis incidence. it has been observed that the parasite incidence were 13.5% in ted college students whereas 30.5% in the incesu primary school. it has been also concluded that the highest infection rate was connected with two parasites, namely giardia intestinalis (11.5%) and enterobius vermicularis (8%). | 1988 | 3273597 |