Parasitiosis in handicapped children in an Egyptian blind asylum.

J Egypt Soc Parasitol

Cairo Curative Organization, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Cairo, Egypt.

Published: April 2008

Examination of visually handicapped children and their serving staff revealed in a descending order Enterobius vermicularis, Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, Hymenolepis nana, Ascaris lumbricoides, Cryptospodium parvum, Tricocephalus trichura and Strongyloides stercoralis. Head lice were encountered. But, neither blood parasites nor protozoan infective agent in water for human consumption.

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