| first detection and genotyping of giardia intestinalis in stool samples collected from children in ghazni province, eastern afghanistan and evaluation of the pcr assay in formalin-fixed specimens. | it is estimated that faecal-orally transmitted diseases are common in afghanistan, as a consequence of poor hygienic standards of life and widespread contamination of water and food with both human and animal faeces. however, there is little information in the literature concerning infections caused by intestinal parasites in the afghan population. in this study, we report the occurrence of giardia intestinalis assemblages (a and b) in formalin-fixed stool samples collected from 245 afghan schoo ... | 2017 | 28612148 |
| prevalence of intestinal parasites in afghan community on the example of patients treated in ghazni provincial hospital. | this study concerns parasitological investigations estimating the prevalence of intestinal parasites in the afghan community based on the example of patients, both children and adults, treated in the ghazni provincial hospital, in the eastern part of the country. | 2014 | 25231329 |
| diagnostics of intestinal parasites in light microscopy among the population of children in eastern afghanistan. | the afghans, living in poor socioeconomic conditions, are estimated to be a community with a high rate of intestinal parasitic infections. the aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence and species of intestinal parasites among children's population in eastern afghanistan and to present the methods of optimizing the techniques for identification of pathogens in light microscopy. the research was carried out as a part of humanitarian project capacity building of health care system in ghazni ... | 2016 | 28030941 |