| prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection among children from a shanty town in tucuman, argentina. | a parasitological survey was conducted in children living in a poor area next to a drainage channel, in tucumán province, argentina. stool specimens from 115 children were collected and samples were analyzed by direct microscopy examination and concentration techniques. the prevalence rate of intestinal parasites infection was high (78.3%) and blastocystis hominis was the most frequent protozoan parasite found (68.9%) followed by giardia intestinalis (33.3%), entamoeba coli (24.4%), endolimax na ... | 2015 | 26691248 |