Epidemiology of Schistosoma mansoni infection and its relationship to snail distribution in a village at the Nile bank south to Cairo.

The relationship between epidemiology of S. mansoni infection and snail distribution at a village, related to Guiza Governorate and lies south to Cairo, was investigated. A systematic random sample of houses was selected.

Upgrading of Kato-Katz technique for diagnosis of S. mansoni infection in rural Egypt.

Processing of the same stool samples was done using standard Kato-Katz (KK) technique with 41.7 mg of stools and one of the three modifications. These included KK technique using a higher concentration of glycerin (one and quarter, usual one) for preparation, or another stain (negrosin-eosin), with a specified formula, instead of the standard malachite green, or processing a smaller volume of stools (20mg).

Incidence of cryptosporidiosis in immunodeficient cancer patients in Egypt.

A coproprotozoal study was carried out on 63 patients suffering from malignancy. The majority had cancer of haemopoietic system. All patients were under chemotherapy and included: Group A (33 children) and Group B (30 adults) of whom 20 immunocompetent diarrhoeic patients of matched age and sex were considered as controls.