Publications
| intestinal parasites in school aged children and the first case report on amoebiasis in urinary bladder in tripoli, libya. | a total of 50 fresh fecal samples were collected from children of either sex and examined by direct wet films and telemann's concentration technique. the results were based on a single stool per person study of the total children ranging from 5-18 years of age, 8 different types of intestinal parasites were recorded. the incidence of infection with one or the other parasites was found to be 42%. double or mixed infection was not uncommon. the infection rates of helminthes were hymenolepis nana 6 ... | 2007 | 18383779 |
| long term formalin preserved stool specimens for detection of intestinal parasites from school aged children in tripoli, libya. | a total of 949 single stool samples were collected from school aged children (5-14 years old) in the city of tripoli. the samples were preserved in 10% formalin and examined by routine microscopy using normal saline and lugol's iodine preparations as well as the formol ethyl concentration method after a storage period of twelve months at room temperature. of 949 samples examined 4.5% were positive. giardia lamblia and entamoeba coli were the only protozoan parasites identified with an infection ... | 2007 | 18383804 |