| giardiasis in saudi arabia. | a laboratory survey for giardia lamblia (g. intestinalis) was conducted in five regions of the kingdom of saudi arabia for the months of january through december 1980. stool samples of 53,306 individuals from the northern, southern, eastern, western and central regions of the kingdom were examined by wet films and zinc sulphate concentration methods. five thousand two hundred seventy one (9.9%) stools were positive for g. lamblia. the prevalence of infection was higher in males (64%) than in fem ... | 1983 | 6136176 |
| the microbiology of acute diarrhoeal disease in the eastern province of saudi arabia. | a prospective study of acute diarrhoeal diseases in the eastern province of saudi arabia was carried out over a 19-month period to determine aetiology, risk factors and other epidemiological characteristics. of the 853 subjects studied, 344 were cases and 509 controls. more cases were seen in children than in adults. enteric pathogens were detected in 49% of the cases, but none in the controls. of the pathogens, 68% were bacterial with salmonella (34%) and shigella species (14.7%) being the most ... | 1993 | 8306900 |